[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (12 Apr 2021) 12 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 12, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	9	86	595
Osprey	0	33	36
Bald Eagle	0	34	80
Northern Harrier	0	11	25
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	77	104
Cooper's Hawk	0	21	55
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	37	104
Broad-winged Hawk	0	16	16
Red-tailed Hawk	0	45	138
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	70	90
Merlin	0	4	12
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	5
Unknown Accipiter	0	4	8
Unknown Buteo	0	5	8
Unknown Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	10	17
Total:	12	457	1298

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch
Observers:

Visitors:
7 people visited the Hawkwatch today.

Weather:
The weather was not as bad as we had feared, at least from a comfort standpoint with enough clothes. The morning featured some patchy drizzle and moderate north wind. As the day progressed, winds died down a bit and shifted to the east. The sun peeked out at the end of the day and temperatures stayed pretty constant around 50F.

Raptor Observations:
A slow raptor migration day. The sightings were spread out throughout the day, with one kettle of 6 Turkey Vultures accounting for half the total. A few locals were out and about, but even they were not too active, and mostly in the later day when the sun broke out. A dog fight between an immature Red-shouldered and adult Red-tailed Hawk was entertaining in the afternoon, however.

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much else was moving either. One Palm Warbler spent a few minutes at the summit, but no other species were deemed as migrating today. 27 species were seen or heard from the summit today.

Predictions:
Low pressure off of Nova Scotia continues to spin and keep us in a northeasterly flow for at least one more day. Overall, tomorrow is forecast to be quite similar to today, but with more sun and a few degrees warmer. That will hopefully encourage a few more migrants to move than did today.

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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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