[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (08 May 2020) 39 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 08, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	1
Turkey Vulture	0	0	557
Osprey	1	128	375
Bald Eagle	0	5	88
Northern Harrier	0	19	56
Sharp-shinned Hawk	7	420	752
Cooper's Hawk	0	12	56
Northern Goshawk	0	0	6
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	1	65
Broad-winged Hawk	29	1720	2467
Red-tailed Hawk	1	9	133
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	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	0	6	20
Total:	39	2450	4921

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

Visitors:
11 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
A breezy day on the summit. Winds were a bit stronger than hoped for out of the west, becoming gusty at times in the afternoon. Despite the gusty winds, it was a really nice day. At least the wind kept the black flies at bay.

Raptor Observations:
Very limited migration activity with winds becoming quite strong at times. A few of the local birds on territory gave a show, such as, a Cooper's Hawk exhibiting display flight and a very vocal Broad-winged Hawk chasing some of the migrants crossing its turf.

Non-raptor Observations:
37 species were observed from the summit today. Individuals deemed migrating included: 2 Chimney Swifts 8 Tree Swallows 2 American Black Ducks 1 swallow sp.

Predictions:
Quite a bit cooler tomorrow. Steady precipitation in the morning, diminishing pretty quickly into the afternoon. Winds are expected to be strong out of the northwest, accompanied by heavy gusts at times making for a breezy afternoon. Migration activity is expected to be rather limited tomorrow, depending on what this storm system ends up doing and how quickly it moves out of the area.

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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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