[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (16 Apr 2020) 17 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 16, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	0	290	557
Osprey	2	78	78
Bald Eagle	0	7	81
Northern Harrier	1	19	23
Sharp-shinned Hawk	6	128	148
Cooper's Hawk	2	19	26
Northern Goshawk	0	3	5
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	12	59
Broad-winged Hawk	5	80	80
Red-tailed Hawk	1	31	105
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	47	49
Merlin	0	25	27
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Accipiter	0	5	9
Unknown Buteo	0	2	5
Unknown Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	4	5
Total:	17	752	1261

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

Visitors:
14 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Winds out of the northwest were somewhat stronger than hoped for; A beautiful, but cooler day on the summit.

Raptor Observations:
All around a slow and quiet day in the skies. Not a lot of migration activity.

Non-raptor Observations:
31 species were observed from the summit today. Non-raptor individuals deemed migrating included: 42 American Goldfinches 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Common Mergansers

Predictions:
Another cool day following today. Moderate west winds predicted for tomorrow. I half expect a contingency of today.

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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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