[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (15 Apr 2021) 57 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	2	92	601
Osprey	9	66	69
Bald Eagle	1	38	84
Northern Harrier	3	20	34
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	82	109
Cooper's Hawk	2	27	61
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	41	108
Broad-winged Hawk	22	41	41
Red-tailed Hawk	2	49	142
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	9	90	110
Merlin	1	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	2	14	21
Total:	57	584	1425

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Dave Gulick, Jeannette Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Rob Peale

Visitors:
21 visitors today.

Weather:
Mostly cloudy all day, with blue pockets showing through until the very end of the day when it became completely overcast. Winds were out of the southeast all day but were variable in their south-ness and east-ness. Temps ranged from 46 to 55.

Raptor Observations:
The 1st half of the day was quite productive, with Ospreys and Broad-wings giving great looks as the streamed low over the summit. Around 2pm, the approaching storm system south of us apparently blocked off the stream of migrating raptors and the flight died in its tracks. We searched hard for the Eurasian Kestrel that was observed migrating through Mass yesterday, to no avail.

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much moving, a small movement of blackbirds in the morning. Common Grackle: 30 Blackbird Spp.: 35 Tree Swallow: 14 Great Blue Heron: 1 The Junco pair is currently building a nest at the summit, we really hope people stay on the trails and keep their dogs on leashes so they can have a chance at fledging a brood. A total of 22 species were observed from the summit.

Predictions:
Precip all day 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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