[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (27 Apr 2014) 28 Raptors

>
> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 27, 2014
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 155 380
> Osprey 8 628 629
> Bald Eagle 1 23 71
> Northern Harrier 0 118 126
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 687 712
> Cooper's Hawk 0 44 73
> Northern Goshawk 0 4 8
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 68 189
> Broad-winged Hawk 17 1127 1127
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 186 411
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
> Golden Eagle 0 0 0
> American Kestrel 1 339 342
> Merlin 0 38 42
> Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2
> Unknown Accipiter 0 2 3
> Unknown Buteo 0 7 12
> Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 31 37
> Snowy Owl 0 1 1
>
> Total: 28 3461 4167
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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: Alan McKelvy, Steve Barker
>
> Visitors:
> 27.
>
>
> Weather:
> The morning was cool and drizzly, with temperatures only in the upper 30s.
> A few patches of blue sky opened in the afternoon, which helped the air to
> warm to around 50F. Scattered showers drifted through as often as the
> sunshine, pushed along by a light north wind that became variable later in
> the day.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> The first raptor to make the day list was one of the local Barred Owls
> calling far beneath the hawkatch. Migrant raptors were scarce until the
> clouds broke apart enough for the sun to generate thermals. A few birds
> were observed rising high enough to disappear into the low cloud deck,
> avoiding the messy weather below.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Non-raptor Migrants:
> Common Loon- 1
> Double-crested Cormorant- 13
> shorebird sp.- 3
> Tree Swallow (northbound)- 3 (southbound)- 3
> Yellow-rumped Warbler- 2
> Brown-headed Cowbird- 1
>
> Predictions:
> Temperatures should rise to low 50s tomorrow, even with mostly cloudy
> skies. The wind will be out of the North at 10-15mph, shifting NNE later in
> the day. With a headwind and not much sunshine, it won't be great
> conditions for migrants. Birds have been held up for the past two days,
> however, and could be ready to head north despite the less than ideal
> weather.
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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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