>
> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2013
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 115 305
> Osprey 13 432 434
> Bald Eagle 3 21 55
> Northern Harrier 2 105 111
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 433 462
> Cooper's Hawk 0 45 64
> Northern Goshawk 0 2 15
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 46 121
> Broad-winged Hawk 163 561 561
> Red-tailed Hawk 2 108 285
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 1 324 326
> Merlin 0 46 49
> Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
> Unknown Buteo 0 3 6
> Unknown Falcon 0 3 3
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 16 27
>
> Total: 197 2263 2834
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Observation start time: 08:15:00
> Observation end time: 16:30:00
> Total observation time: 8.25 hours
>
> Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
>
> Observers: Alan McKelvy, Dave Gulick, Lionel Quirion
>
> Visitors:
> 36.
>
>
> Weather:
> After a damp and slightly foggy start, conditions began to improve. A few
> breaks of sun penetrated the overcast, especially later in the day. The
> west wind slowly gathered strength through mid-afternoon, when it faded
> back to a light, 5-10mph breeze. Temperatures peaked at 50 degrees.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> The first part of the day did not seem promising. There were only 38 birds
> counted by 2:00p.m. Oh, what a difference three and a half hours can make!
> It's Broad-winged Hawk season, and the flood of birds behind the front was
> poised to come through. In the morning, they were loners crossing a nearly
> empty sky. By late afternoon, there were numerous kettles of 5-10+ birds.
> Hawkwatch Broad-winged Hawk has moved into his territory on the west side
> of the park, and he and a local Cooper's Hawk spent much of the day
> displaying. The adult Northern Goshawk was also around this morning,
> becoming a target for an irate Common Raven who found the goshawk a bit too
> close for comfort.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Last night brought another first-of-year bird to the hawkwatch. A
> White-throated Sparrow came up to forage and sing at the summit, its face
> garrishly painted with daisy hues. Wild Turkeys made themselves heard from
> somewhere down the mountain. A total of 36 species was observed today.
>
>
> Non-raptor Migrants:
>
> Common Loon-1 Double-crested Cormorant- 10
> Great Blue Heron- 1 Northern Flicker- 1 Tree Swallow- 11
> European Starling- 4 Horned Lark- 1 warbler sp.- 3
> passerine sp.- 5
>
> Predictions:
> Tomorrow could be quite good. The winds are supposed to be out of the
> northwest at 10-15mph, swinging more to the west and dying off in the
> afternoon. There will be hardly a cloud to be seen, and temperatures will
> again climb to around 50. Hopefully the wind will stay on the lighter side,
> and the Broad-winged Hawk flight from this afternoon will continue.
>
> Don't forget, Feathers over Freeport is next weekend, April 27-28. For
> more information, visit:
>
> http://maine.gov/doc/parks/feathersoverfreeport.shtml
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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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