[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (29 Mar 2022) 4 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 29, 2022
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	3	182	182
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	0	60	60
Northern Harrier	0	15	15
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	30	30
Cooper's Hawk	0	17	17
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	94	94
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	1	101	101
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	10	10
Merlin	0	4	4
Peregrine Falcon	0	3	3
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	1	1
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	1	1
Total:	4	521	521

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

Visitors:
10 people stopped by to ask about the Hawkwatch today. Surprisingly, a couple of folks had binoculars, hoping to see a few hawks. Unfortunately, today just was not the day for that. Hopefully they will return under better conditions.

Weather:
Wind. So much wind. Another cold blustery day up at the summit today with N and NW winds howling. The temperature finally hit the freezing point by the 6th hour, but refused to go up any higher. Mostly sunny skies at least made things feel a little better.

Raptor Observations:
Not much. No raptors were counted until the 6th hour when 3 Turkey Vultures were deemed migrating. This accounted for 3/4 of today's tally. Local birds were not out and about much either, with a couple of Bald Eagles in the morning and Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks in the afternoon.

Non-raptor Observations:
Again, not much. A mere 11 species were observed from the summit today. One lone Killdeer calling as it passed by to the north was the only migrant.

Predictions:
With high pressure building over us tomorrow, it is forecast to be warmer than the past couple of days with temperatures getting up into the mid-40s. The day will start out sunny, but clouds will be increasing in the afternoon. We are still looking at NW winds, however as they abate throughout the day we are hoping for a little push of birds ahead of the next storm system that will be moving in Thursday.

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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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