[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (28 Apr 2023) 98 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 28, 2023
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	2	2
Turkey Vulture	0	190	500
Osprey	3	247	247
Bald Eagle	1	16	53
Northern Harrier	1	52	76
Sharp-shinned Hawk	34	282	302
Cooper's Hawk	1	21	32
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	17	50
Broad-winged Hawk	35	1884	1884
Red-tailed Hawk	1	15	66
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	15	239	247
Merlin	4	40	47
Peregrine Falcon	1	3	4
Unknown Accipiter	0	5	7
Unknown Buteo	0	1	1
Unknown Falcon	0	4	4
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	2	14	16
Total:	98	3034	3540

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Zane Baker
Observers:	Amanda Petry, Bill Smith, Biz Houghton, Dave Fensore, Dave Gulick, Derek Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Steve Moore

Visitors:
15 people stopped by the site today. We had a lot of good help up there today. Sorry not everyone fit on the official counter list including: Jesse Costa, Dick and Jen Baker. Thanks everyone for helping scan the Blue Screen of Death

Weather:
Temps climbed just into the 60's and skies were blue with just a peppering of clouds. Winds started out light and from the SSE but picked up in the afternoon and bringing some cooler ocean air. Visibility was pretty good but conditions were tough for spotting with so few clouds.

Raptor Observations:
Birds were scattered around the sky today with no real kettles or flight-lines to speak of. It was a pretty even distribution of birds over the coarse of the day. We had a few nice views of Merlins which stopped to climb in some small thermals before resuming their typical Bullet-train like flight to the north.

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much of a passerine flight this morning with the exception of a number of Yellow-rumped Warblers; 21 to be exact. We did have some new species finally make it to the summit, including a couple of Chipping Sparrows and Barn Swallows. 27 species were seen or heard today.

Predictions:
Tomorrow, for the Feathers Over Freeport event things could be interesting and I'm not quite sure what to expect. The winds don't look great, coming from the SE, but given the time of year and not having seen a lot moving through, along with some heavy rains beginning later in the day potentially pushing birds north we may or may not have a bunch of birds moving. Do birds fight the winds and avoid the rain or do they snuggle up to a tree trunk? Temps will be in the upper 40's

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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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