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From: reports@hawkcount.org
Date: March 21, 2013, 6:03:51 PM EDT
To: freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (21 Mar 2013) 41 Raptors
Reply-To: freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 21, 2013
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 25 71 71
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 2 8 8
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 0 7 7
Northern Goshawk 2 8 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 15 15
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 7 33 33
Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 2
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 6 6
Total: 41 156 156
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
Observers: Dan Nickerson, Derek Lovitch, Don Thompson
Visitors:
10.
Weather:
Warm and pleasant, though the thermometer claimed it was only in the
mid-30s. A day full of sunshine with just enough clouds in the sky to
provide a bit of contrast for finding migrants. The wind was out of the
southwest for the first part of the day, swinging southeast and freshening
a bit in the afternoon, putting an early halt to raptor movement.
Raptor Observations:
Where to start on a day full of highlights? There was the Sharp-shinned
Hawk barreling out of the sky in a towering stoop, or the young Northern
Goshawk who dashed up in front of the hawkwatch, a tan winged-wraith held
together with streaks of mud and sinue. Then there was the distant
Rough-legged Hawk, little better than a long-winged speck with a snow-based
tail. Far and away, however, the bird of the day had to be the Golden
Eagle. It came out of the east, long and dark, unflinchingly eagle, but
with a bit of buteo mixed in. The long, white tail tipped in dark was
echoed in the white slashes dripping down the middle of the bird's wings,
swept up in a gracefully shallow dihedral as it soared west and a touch
south. Perhaps it will pass the mountain again when it continues on to
Canada.
Non-raptor Observations:
A flock of around 20 Common Redpolls flew past chattering away and landed
somewhere on the mountain, then ventured back south some 20 minutes later.
Non-raptor migrants:
Canada Goose- 4
Great Blue Heron- 1
American Crow- 5
waxwing sp.- 14
Purple Finch- 1
Predictions:
More clouds tomorrow, though the temperature should be a few degrees
warmer. A northwest wind will be blowing at 10-15mph throughout the day.
There are plenty more Red-tailed Hawks, Turkey Vultures, and Red-shouldered
Hawks ready to come through, with possibly a Black Vulture in the
not-to-distant future?
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Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at:
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp
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