[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (18 Mar 2020) 79 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts:  Mar 18, 2020
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 30 56 56
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 22 49 49
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 4 4
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 1 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 12 37 37
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 11 32 32
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 1 1
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1
Unknown Buteo 2 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 79 187 187


Observation start time:  08:00:00  
Observation end time:  16:00:00  
Total observation time:  8 hours
Official Counter Luke Fultz
Observers:  Dave Gulick, Jeannette Lovitch, Mathew Gilbert



Visitors:
16 people visited the hawk watch today. The park seems to be quite active with schools and many businesses closed due to COVID-19

Weather:
The day started out with light northwest winds, clear skies, and excellent visibility. The winds remained light out of the northwest through the morning into early afternoon quickly shifting to the southwest and eventually south by the end of the day's count. Some intermittent cloud cover occurred mid-day. Temperatures started out about freezing, steadily rising through the day to about 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

Raptor Observations:
Another good number of individuals moving through the day. A lot of today's migrants were Turkey Vultures, however, we also counted a decent number of Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered Hawks, and Red-tailed Hawks. The bulk of today's Red-shouldered migration seemed to occur in the mid-morning hours. Many individuals were far away, although one Northern Goshawk gave us a show right over the summit in the second hour of the count.

Non-raptor Observations:
Not a large number of non-raptor migrants today although we did see a few groups of American Goldfinches moving through. The day ended with 22 species. Species deemed migrating included: 11 European Starlings 13 American Goldfinches 4 Blackbird sp. 1 Purple Finch 2 Red-wing Blackbirds 2 Common Grackle 14 Canada Geese

Predictions:
Temperatures for tomorrow look to stay pretty consistent through the day, starting out in the upper 30s and only reaching the low 40s. Winds out of the southeast in the morning may push a lot of birds inland before they reach Bradbury Mountain. The next two days look to be variable in precipitation potential, which may limit observation time at the hawk watch. If it's not raining, birds could be moving ahead of the approaching cold front predicted for Friday.

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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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