[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (28 Mar 2020) 114 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 28, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	74	253	253
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	0	74	74
Northern Harrier	0	4	4
Sharp-shinned Hawk	9	18	18
Cooper's Hawk	1	7	7
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	47	47
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	26	74	74
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	1	4	4
Unknown Buteo	0	3	3
Unknown Falcon	1	1	1
Unknown Eagle	0	1	1
Unknown Raptor	0	1	1
Total:	114	493	493

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Catherine Carroll, Dave Gulick, Derek Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Mathew Gilbert, Scott Belongie

Visitors:
17 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Beautiful day to be outside! Light northwest winds quickly turning west for the morning and then southeast through the afternoon made for an excellent morning and mid-day flight.

Raptor Observations:
The winds were pretty favorable through the morning with lots of activity in the sky and a lot of birds moving. Activity diminished rapidly as winds turned southeast for the afternoon. Finally had a nice little movement of Sharp-shinned Hawks.

Non-raptor Observations:
35 species were observed from the summit. Those individuals deemed migrant included: 104 American Goldfinches 116 Canada Geese 34 American Robins 22 Common Grackles 13 Red-winged Blackbirds 36 Blackbird sp. 4 European Starlings 5 Sandhill Cranes 5 Purple Finches 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Tree Swallows 9 Common Mergansers 5 duck sp. 1 Great Blue Heron

Predictions:
Looks like plenty of rain for tomorrow. If lucky, there might be a little time in the early morning, but that seems pretty optimistic.

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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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