[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (17 Mar 2021) 36 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	10	22	22
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	3	15	15
Northern Harrier	0	0	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	0
Cooper's Hawk	1	4	4
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	7	12	12
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	14	17	17
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	0
Merlin	0	0	0
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	1	1	1
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	36	71	71

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Rick Hartzell, Tom Downing

Visitors:
6 visitors today

Weather:
Winds were light and variable for the first few hours, but picked up by lunchtime and were mainly out of the south. Temperatures rose above freezing for the first time this season and kept rising, with a high of 45 degrees.

Raptor Observations:
A decent raptor day for this early in the season, with a total of 36 birds. Red-shoulders peaked early, while red-tails continued to move through throughout the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
A flock of blackbirds flying over the parking lot in the morning led us to believe we were going to see decent blackbird migration. Unfortunately, after a few small flocks, the flight quickly died out. A total of 23 species were detected from the summit, including a calling barred owl. Other species deemed migrating: -Red-winged Blackbird -American Robin -Common Grackle -American Crow -Canada Goose

Predictions:
Light winds out of the southwest tomorrow will be highly favorable and increasing cloud cover will make spotting raptors easier. Thickening clouds and a chance of rain in the afternoon could threaten the flight, although we often see birds moving in front of precipitation. We will see if birds are indeed moving ahead of the storm passing to our south, or if they are cut off by it.

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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
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