[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (25 Apr 2024) 10 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 25, 2024
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	0	355	628
Osprey	1	370	371
Bald Eagle	0	18	40
Northern Harrier	0	121	133
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	332	350
Cooper's Hawk	0	14	26
American Goshawk	0	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	8	30
Broad-winged Hawk	4	1155	1155
Red-tailed Hawk	0	19	49
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	277	277
Merlin	1	28	34
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	2
Unknown Accipiter	0	7	7
Unknown Buteo	0	4	4
Unknown Falcon	1	10	11
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	14	14
Total:	10	2734	3132

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	7.75 hours
Official Counter	Zane Baker
Observers:	Biz Houghton, Chuck Barnes, Dick Baker, Jen Baker, Jim Pinfold

Visitors:
Slow start to visitors as some may have turned away as a result of the unannounced paving operation which commenced this am in the parking lot. 23 visitors, including a large outdoor group who were prepared with binoculars in hand. I hope to see you all Saturday for the Feathers Over Freeport hawk ID workshop at the summit, 10:30am.

Weather:
Totally clear skies helped provide some warmth from the direct rays of the sun to contend with cooler air temps which started in the mid 30's and climbed just to 50 by the end of the day. Cool winds shifted between N and WNW and never hit the southerly direction we were waiting for. Visibility was not great, with a lot of heat shimmer.

Raptor Observations:
It was awfully slow today and even local birds seemed more subdued. Eagles were even hard to come by for most of the day. No real highlights to share.

Non-raptor Observations:
Pretty slow for song birds and water fowl. The trees were devoid of song too. We did get a nice look at Blue-headed Vireo, Pine Warbler and a Palm Warbler. I thought it was a one time joke but the Boeing Raven is back and it's missing more parts.

Predictions:
Winds out of the NW switch to S and SSE in the afternoon, sounds familiar. We may have a few more clouds to help us spot birds and temps should be a little warmer than today.

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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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