[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (17 Apr 2021) 2 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 17, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	92	601
Osprey	1	67	70
Bald Eagle	1	39	85
Northern Harrier	0	20	34
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	82	109
Cooper's Hawk	0	27	61
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	41	108
Broad-winged Hawk	0	41	41
Red-tailed Hawk	0	49	142
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	90	110
Merlin	0	8	16
Peregrine Falcon	0	4	7
Unknown Accipiter	0	4	8
Unknown Buteo	0	5	8
Unknown Falcon	0	2	2
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	14	21
Total:	2	586	1427

Observation start time:	11:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	5 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:

Visitors:
5 visitors today.

Weather:
Start of count delayed due to rain. Weather alternated between light rain and blue skies for most of the count. Winds out of the north.

Raptor Observations:
The remnants of yesterdays storm never really cleared out north of Mass today, and only 2 migrating raptors were observed.

Non-raptor Observations:
11 species observed from the summit today.

Predictions:
Todays lack of observations suggests that there are a lot of birds that were stuck south of us by the nor'easter. I wouldn't be shocked if tomorrow is a really good day up at the hawkwatch (no promises though). Winds will be out of the northwest (good) for most of the day, but will likely rotate to the southwest (great) for the last hour or so. Temps will be in the low 50's and skies will be 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
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