From: reports@hawkcount.org
Date: April 21, 2014 at 7:04:09 PM EDT
To: freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (21 Apr 2014) 297 Raptors
Reply-To: freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 21, 2014
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 155 380
Osprey 28 592 593
Bald Eagle 1 18 66
Northern Harrier 1 116 124
Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 619 644
Cooper's Hawk 2 41 70
Northern Goshawk 0 4 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 67 188
Broad-winged Hawk 197 966 966
Red-tailed Hawk 3 183 408
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 9 321 324
Merlin 6 34 38
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 3
Unknown Buteo 0 6 11
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 30 36
Snowy Owl 0 1 1
Total: 297 3158 3864
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Derek Lovitch
Observers: Dave Gulick, Don Thompson, Steve Barker, Tom Downing
Visitors:
37 "official visitors" plus 100-150 other folks made their way to the
summit today.
Weather:
As forecasted almost perfectly, we began the day with a light southwesterly
wind. Within an hour it was SSW, becoming southerly and increasing by
noon. Morning clouds gave way to mostly sunny skies, clearest in the last
hour of the count. The cool southerly onshore wind kept the bite in the
air, even as temperatures rose into the middle 50's.
Raptor Observations:
The strong flow of birds on the SW to SSW winds abated somewhat on the
increasing, straight S, tempering our totals. Nonetheless, it was a very
good day, and perhaps one of the best days for Broad-winged Hawk
photography that we've had in quite some time - all day long birds were
appearing in the gap and shooting low overhead.
Local adult Bald Eagles were particular active this afternoon, while the
local Broad-wings seemed to tire of escorting the masses out of their
territories. Only in the last two hours of the day did they attempt to
reclaim airspace dominance.
Non-raptor Observations:
36 species were seen and/or heard from the summit today, but non-raptor
migrants were few once again. Other species deemed migrating were limited
to:
32 northbound (and 12 southbound) Tree Swallows
11 Brown- headed Cowbirds
2 Common Grackles
1 Common Loon
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Barn Swallow
1 "Yellow" Palm Warbler
1 unidentified warbler
Predictions:
Once again, early morning southwesterly winds will give way, probably
fairly quickly, to a southerly and then southeasterly flow. Clouds will
thicken ahead of an approaching cold front. How soon the onshore winds
develop, their speed, and the thickness of the cloud cover will dictate the
potential of tomorrow's flight. However, some birds will certainly be
moving on the favorable wings ahead of the weather. It could be very good
tomorrow, or it could be slow and chilly if strong SE develop sooner than
currently predicted.
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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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