[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (10 May 2020) 14 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 10, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	1
Turkey Vulture	0	0	557
Osprey	4	132	379
Bald Eagle	0	5	88
Northern Harrier	1	20	57
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3	423	755
Cooper's Hawk	0	12	56
Northern Goshawk	0	0	6
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	1	65
Broad-winged Hawk	5	1725	2472
Red-tailed Hawk	0	9	133
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	106	241
Merlin	0	16	74
Peregrine Falcon	0	6	7
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	11
Unknown Buteo	0	1	6
Unknown Falcon	0	1	5
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	1	7	21
Total:	14	2464	4935

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

Visitors:
20 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Sunshine and mixed clouds early, quickly becoming mostly cloudy through the better part of the day. Moderate to strong west winds persisted through the count, accompanied by very heavy gusts at times.

Raptor Observations:
Migration activity as well as local bird activity was extremely sparse. Strong winds kept birds low. Local Turkey Vultures and several local Bald Eagles were the only avian species braving the skies, and even that was few and far between. Highlight of the day was a Northern Harrier that flew through near the beginning of the last hour.

Non-raptor Observations:
33 species were observed from the summit. Individuals deemed migrating included: 3 Tree Swallows 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers

Predictions:
Light southwest winds early, quickly shifting south through the morning, becoming southeast by mid-day and continuing from the southeast. Precipitation likely by noon tomorrow with some chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. If wind predictions hold, I expect to see some birds moving before the storm hits.

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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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