Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Visitors:
12 people visited the Hawkwatch today.
Weather:
The count started 1.5 hours late this morning due to light rain. Then, some more drizzle shut us down again for an additional 35 minutes. There was no wind to speak of until the last two hours of the count with a NW wind that picked up a little speed. Temperatures were in the low 40s under overcast skies until the sun finally peaked out in the afternoon raising the warmth factor into the 50s.
Raptor Observations:
The morning was for hawk-watching rather than hawk-counting. Once the precipitation finally cleared the area, many of the local birds were up and about, displaying or out for a bite to eat. The first raptor migrant was not spotted until 1:04 EST. The majority of hawks were counted in the 1:00 - 2:00 hour.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not much was happening today. We managed to account for 27 species, but one Tree Swallow was the only northbound migrant.
Predictions:
With the jet stream remaining stuck to our south, we continue in an unsettled regime with below normal temperatures. The disturbance that produced light rain this morning has cleared out by afternoon, but the next one will be approaching tomorrow. While we expect a dry day, temperatures will remain below normal under cloudy skies. However, NW winds are forecast to shift to more the favorable southwesterly direction giving us some optimism for tomorrow's count. Hopefully that will help us keep on pace for a new season record; we need to average 38.2 birds each day until the project ends on May 15th to reach that milestone.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/bradbury-mountain-hawkwatch
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 30, 2019 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 233 | 573 |
| Osprey | 3 | 383 | 384 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 27 | 72 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 133 | 139 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 503 | 518 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 43 | 62 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 44 | 97 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 9 | 2884 | 2884 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 91 | 185 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 412 | 438 |
| Merlin | 0 | 56 | 61 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| Total: | 14 | 4835 | 5449 |
| Observation start time: | 09:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 5.92 hours |
| Official Counter | Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch |
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Visitors:
12 people visited the Hawkwatch today.
Weather:
The count started 1.5 hours late this morning due to light rain. Then, some more drizzle shut us down again for an additional 35 minutes. There was no wind to speak of until the last two hours of the count with a NW wind that picked up a little speed. Temperatures were in the low 40s under overcast skies until the sun finally peaked out in the afternoon raising the warmth factor into the 50s.
Raptor Observations:
The morning was for hawk-watching rather than hawk-counting. Once the precipitation finally cleared the area, many of the local birds were up and about, displaying or out for a bite to eat. The first raptor migrant was not spotted until 1:04 EST. The majority of hawks were counted in the 1:00 - 2:00 hour.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not much was happening today. We managed to account for 27 species, but one Tree Swallow was the only northbound migrant.
Predictions:
With the jet stream remaining stuck to our south, we continue in an unsettled regime with below normal temperatures. The disturbance that produced light rain this morning has cleared out by afternoon, but the next one will be approaching tomorrow. While we expect a dry day, temperatures will remain below normal under cloudy skies. However, NW winds are forecast to shift to more the favorable southwesterly direction giving us some optimism for tomorrow's count. Hopefully that will help us keep on pace for a new season record; we need to average 38.2 birds each day until the project ends on May 15th to reach that milestone.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/bradbury-mountain-hawkwatch
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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