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.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/bradbury-mountain-hawkwatch
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