[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (22 Mar 2021) 37 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	2	2
Turkey Vulture	10	45	45
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	3	30	30
Northern Harrier	1	3	3
Sharp-shinned Hawk	5	8	8
Cooper's Hawk	2	16	16
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	6	27	27
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	9	58	58
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	0
Merlin	1	4	4
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Accipiter	0	2	2
Unknown Buteo	0	2	2
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	4	4
Total:	37	202	202

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

Visitors:
14 visitors today

Weather:
Today was very similar to yesterday, weather wise. Winds started out of the west but shifted south to bring us a cold ocean breeze in the afternoon. Blue skies continue to make hawk spotting difficult

Raptor Observations:
A decent flight, similar to yesterday. Local Coopers Hawk was displaying out in front of the mountain this morning.

Non-raptor Observations:
Blackbird and Canada Goose migration was good this morning, but died off by lunchtime. Birds deemed migrating: Canada Goose (456) Blackbird Spp. (450) Red-winged Blackbird (125) Common Grackle (268) American Robin (30) Killdeer (2) Finch Spp. (3) American Goldfinch (3) American Crow (100) European Starling (10) Eastern Bluebird (1) Mourning Dove (1) A total of 25 species were detected from the summit, including a crow carrying nesting material.

Predictions:
Weather will be very similar tomorrow: winds out of the SW in the morning shifting to cool S winds in afternoon. We expect a similar flight tomorrow

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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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