[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (22 Apr 2021) 20 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 22, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	94	603
Osprey	5	234	237
Bald Eagle	0	52	98
Northern Harrier	0	55	69
Sharp-shinned Hawk	8	356	383
Cooper's Hawk	0	42	76
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	52	119
Broad-winged Hawk	6	1008	1008
Red-tailed Hawk	0	62	155
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	218	238
Merlin	0	27	35
Peregrine Falcon	0	6	9
Unknown Accipiter	0	6	10
Unknown Buteo	0	5	8
Unknown Falcon	0	3	3
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	26	33
Total:	20	2247	3088

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Biz Houghton, Zane Baker

Visitors:
18 visitors today, although no one really stayed around to chat for more than a few minutes. Shout out to Zane for coming up for the last few hours, was thankful for his company on a slow day!

Weather:
Not exactly what I'd call a pleasant day up at the summit! It was fairly cold and very windy! Winds were out of the WNW for most of the day. Skies were overcast with occasional snow flurries.

Raptor Observations:
Slow day! Birds were few and far between.

Non-raptor Observations:
Strong winds kept birds very quiet, the summit was lacking a lot of the bird song we're used to hearing. The only migrants seen were 80 Double-crested Cormorants. 16 species were detected from the summit.

Predictions:
Tomorrow will be similar to today in that there will be strong northwest winds, but there will be 2 main differences. First, temps will be about 20 degrees warmer, which should lessen the affect of the wind-chill. Second, skies will be mostly sunny, which should warm us and allow for some critical thermal development.

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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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