[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (23 Apr 2020) 110 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	0	290	557
Osprey	13	172	172
Bald Eagle	0	8	82
Northern Harrier	0	28	32
Sharp-shinned Hawk	18	243	263
Cooper's Hawk	0	29	36
Northern Goshawk	0	4	6
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	14	61
Broad-winged Hawk	76	399	399
Red-tailed Hawk	1	46	120
Rough-legged Hawk	1	1	1
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	119	121
Merlin	0	49	51
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Accipiter	0	7	11
Unknown Buteo	0	2	5
Unknown Falcon	0	2	3
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	1	9	10
Total:	110	1424	1933

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Jeannette Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Michael Boardman

Visitors:
8 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Plenty of sunshine today. The morning started off just above freezing with temperatures rising gradually to about 50 degrees through the day. Winds were moderate with a few heavy gusts out of the west for most of the day, teetering slightly southwest in the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
Decent push of migrants today. I expected more but the winds may have been just a little too strong. At this point in the season we expect to see birds moving any day that isn't fraught with extreme wind or weather.

Non-raptor Observations:
28 species were observed from the summit today. Individuals deemed migrating included: 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers 2 Canada Geese 3 Tree Swallows 1 Barn Swallow 1 European Starling 2 duck sp.

Predictions:
A cooler day tomorrow. Light to moderate northeast winds to start the day tomorrow, shifting east by afternoon. Slight chance of precipitation tomorrow, but we'll have to wait and see what happens. If winds aren't too strong tomorrow 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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