[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (14 Apr 2021) 58 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 14, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	90	599
Osprey	20	57	60
Bald Eagle	3	37	83
Northern Harrier	6	17	31
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	80	107
Cooper's Hawk	3	25	59
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	39	106
Broad-winged Hawk	2	19	19
Red-tailed Hawk	2	47	140
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	10	81	101
Merlin	3	7	15
Peregrine Falcon	2	4	7
Unknown Accipiter	0	4	8
Unknown Buteo	0	5	8
Unknown Falcon	1	2	2
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	2	12	19
Total:	58	527	1368

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

Visitors:
31 visitors today, busy for a Wednesday. What made the last 2 hours especially fun was that we had 2 young visitors that really enjoyed the close looks at the many raptors that were buzzing the summit. FOS Horse, FOS kite-flier.

Weather:
The day started partly cloudy and we gradually lost cloud cover and ended the day with a cloudless sky. The wind started out of the north but slowly rotated around to the south-southeast. Temperatures were quite comfortable, ranging from 45 to 57 degrees.

Raptor Observations:
Today was a weird one! The first 4 hours were extremely slow, barely a bird to be seen in the sky. The 5th and 6th hour were ok, with a handful of birds being seen each hour. The last 2 hours of the day were really fun! Birds were streaming just over the summit, with Ospreys, all 3 falcons, and harriers providing fantastic looks!

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much migrating visibly today, besides 7 Tree Swallows and 1 Double-crested Cormorant. A total of 21 species were observed from the summit, including FOS Hermit Thrush calling from somewhere down the hill. A Palm Warbler stopped by briefly, calling.

Predictions:
East-southeast winds tomorrow. Will likely be slow but if the winds shift a little southward, we could see a flurry of raptors like we saw at the end of the day today. Mostly cloudy with temps in the high 40's. Definitely bring a coat if you're coming up 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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