[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (12 May 2021) 6 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 12, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	0	603
Osprey	2	106	386
Bald Eagle	0	13	118
Northern Harrier	0	17	90
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	228	727
Cooper's Hawk	2	15	97
Northern Goshawk	0	2	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	5	128
Broad-winged Hawk	1	514	1917
Red-tailed Hawk	1	16	173
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	51	329
Merlin	0	17	65
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	12
Unknown Accipiter	0	2	12
Unknown Buteo	0	1	9
Unknown Falcon	0	3	7
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	9	44
Total:	6	1001	4723

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

Visitors:
19 visitors today.

Weather:
Today started off with mostly blue skies and got progressively more cloudy as the day went on. A few sprinkles of rain. Nice rainbow at the end of the day. Winds were moderate out of the northwest.

Raptor Observations:
Holy smokes it was slow today. Feels like things are winding down.

Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptors deemed migratory are as follows: -Tree Swallow: 2 -Barn Swallow: 2 -Chimney Swift: 3 27 species detected from the summit, including FOS Nashville Warbler.

Predictions:
Going to be hot and sunny tomorrow! Winds weak-to-moderate out of the northwest.

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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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