[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (26 Mar 2020) 20 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	10	149	149
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	3	73	73
Northern Harrier	1	4	4
Sharp-shinned Hawk	1	7	7
Cooper's Hawk	0	5	5
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	45	45
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	2	48	48
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	2	2
Merlin	0	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	0	3	3
Unknown Buteo	0	3	3
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	1	1
Unknown Raptor	1	1	1
Total:	20	345	345

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:30:00
Total observation time:	8.5 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Derek Lovitch, Rick Hartzell

Visitors:
13 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Cold start and poor visibility until temperatures began rising quickly around 1000 (EST). Winds out of the northeast through the majority of the count were a little stronger than expected for the first hour, calming thereafter.

Raptor Observations:
Limited activity in the sky until about 1000 (EST). I spent the first two hours of the count watching a local pair of Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles, and Red-shouldered Hawks make rounds of their claimed territories in the area while the Common Ravens played and harassed every avian individual in the vicinity. Migration was slow and intermittent. Exactly half of todays migrating raptors were Turkey Vultures, although a Northern Harrier and second year Bald eagle passed near the summit late in the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
24 species were observed from the summit. Individuals deemed migrating included: 35 American Goldfinches 2 Mallards

Predictions:
Sunny skies and light northwest winds tomorrow. If winds stay light enough we may see some birds moving.

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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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