[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (20 Mar 2020) 1 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 20, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	1	62	62
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	0	49	49
Northern Harrier	0	1	1
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	4	4
Cooper's Hawk	0	3	3
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	37	37
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	0	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	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	2	2
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	1	194	194

Observation start time:	11:00:00
Observation end time:	13:30:00
Total observation time:	2.5 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Derek Lovitch

Visitors:
2 people visited the hawk watch during the count today.

Weather:
The weather started out with light rain and dense fog in the morning. Fog persisted throughout the day offering only partial visibility from 1100 (EST) to 1330 (EST) at which point rain and dense fog clouded in the summit closing the watch for the day.

Raptor Observations:
1 Turkey Vulture was observed migrating today within the 2.5 hours the hawk watch was open.

Non-raptor Observations:
13 species were observed from the summit today, however, the 1 Turkey Vulture was the only recorded migrant.

Predictions:
A cold front moving out of the area tonight should give way to mostly sunny skies tomorrow with moderate northwest winds throughout the day. Some wind gusts up to 26 mph are possible mid-day. Temperatures will start out in the low to mid 30s only reaching the low 40s in the afternoon. If winds are not too strong, birds may be migrating.

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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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