[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (15 Apr 2020) 117 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	0	290	557
Osprey	12	76	76
Bald Eagle	0	7	81
Northern Harrier	5	18	22
Sharp-shinned Hawk	27	122	142
Cooper's Hawk	1	17	24
Northern Goshawk	1	3	5
Red-shouldered Hawk	3	12	59
Broad-winged Hawk	33	75	75
Red-tailed Hawk	5	30	104
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	17	47	49
Merlin	9	25	27
Peregrine Falcon	1	1	1
Unknown Accipiter	2	5	9
Unknown Buteo	0	2	5
Unknown Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	1	4	5
Total:	117	735	1244

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Jim Pinfold, Scott Belongie

Visitors:
8 people visited the hawk watch.

Weather:
Winds behaved better than predicted. Light southwest winds were relatively consistent through most of the day, shifting more south and picking up speed slightly into the afternoon, and southeast by the end of the day. Plenty of variable cloud cover all day.

Raptor Observations:
First Peregrine Falcon of the season! Winds were in favor of observable diurnal migration activity. Excellent push of falcons today, as well as decent Sharp-shinned and Broad-winged Hawk migration.

Non-raptor Observations:
41 species were observed from the summit today. Individuals deemed migrant included: 7 European Starlings 34 American Goldfinches 4 Purple Finches 17 Common Grackles 67 Blackbird sp. 3 Canada Geese

Predictions:
Another cool day tomorrow. Light northwest winds with variable cloud cover predicted. If winds are 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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