[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (11 Apr 2021) 29 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	6	77	586
Osprey	4	33	36
Bald Eagle	3	34	80
Northern Harrier	0	11	25
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3	75	102
Cooper's Hawk	3	21	55
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	36	103
Broad-winged Hawk	5	16	16
Red-tailed Hawk	2	45	138
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	70	90
Merlin	0	4	12
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	5
Unknown Accipiter	0	4	8
Unknown Buteo	1	5	8
Unknown Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	10	17
Total:	29	445	1286

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Derek Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Zane Baker

Visitors:
23 visitors today. Special shoutout to our guests from the Falmouth Young Birders Club, we really enjoyed talking to them about the project!

Weather:
Today was comfortable up at the summit. Temps peaked at around 57 degrees, skies were overcast for the first half of the day and partly sunny in the 2nd half. Winds were moderate of the east.

Raptor Observations:
Very slow today, not much to report.

Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptor migrants from today are as follows: -American Black Duck: 4 -Tree Swallow: 5 -American Goldfinch:1 -Belted Kingfisher: 1 -Killdeer: 2 -Great Blue Heron: 5 -Duck Spp.: 11 A total of 25 species were detected from the summit today.

Predictions:
Temps in the high 40's tomorrow with northeast winds. Mostly cloudy.

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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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