[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (21 Apr 2021) 127 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 21, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	94	603
Osprey	10	229	232
Bald Eagle	0	52	98
Northern Harrier	1	55	69
Sharp-shinned Hawk	37	348	375
Cooper's Hawk	2	42	76
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	3	52	119
Broad-winged Hawk	53	1002	1002
Red-tailed Hawk	0	62	155
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	15	217	237
Merlin	4	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	2	26	33
Total:	127	2227	3068

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	14:00:00
Total observation time:	5.5 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Biz Houghton, Jim Pinfold, Sue Rowe

Visitors:
12 visitors today

Weather:
Today was perfectly comfortable up at the summit but the day was cut short due to impending storms. Moderate winds started out of the east but switched to the south for the final 2 hours. Temps ranged from 48 to 58 degrees.

Raptor Observations:
Today was slower than yesterday but not bad! Birds came in waves, with no birds for 25 minutes at a time and then 6 or 7 within a few minutes. For about an hour this morning we had a male Merlin hanging around the summit, we can only hope that Mr. and Mrs. Hawkwatch Junco escaped his swooping raids around the area.

Non-raptor Observations:
Not too much to report here. Cormorants continue to move. A small flock of White-throated Sparrows was hanging around the summit, FOS. Migratory species were as follows: Double-crested Cormorants: 51 Yellow-rumped Warbler: 15 Northern Flicker: 3 Tree Swallow: 11 Barn Swallow: 1 Passerine Spp.: 3 Great Blue Heron: 1 26 species were detected from the summit, including singing Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Predictions:
Strong northwest winds tomorrow, wind-chill in the low 30's. Mostly cloudy. North winds aren't encouraging to migrating raptors but WNW winds could still bring birds!

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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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