[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (01 Apr 2013) 59 Raptors

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> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 01, 2013
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> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 13 13 203
> Osprey 2 2 4
> Bald Eagle 2 2 36
> Northern Harrier 3 3 9
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 7 36
> Cooper's Hawk 7 7 26
> Northern Goshawk 0 0 13
> Red-shouldered Hawk 4 4 79
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 19 19 196
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 1 1 3
> Merlin 1 1 4
> Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
> Unknown Buteo 0 0 3
> Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 0 11
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> Total: 59 59 630
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> Observation start time: 08:45:00
> Observation end time: 15:45:00
> Total observation time: 7 hours
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> Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
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> Observers: Ken Klapper
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> Visitors:
> 5. A few people came out to enjoy the sunshine in the afternoon.
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> Weather:
> Today was bookended by weather. A warm front in the morning left a film of
> clouds low around the summit, a milky haze that took its time to rise.
> Towards the end of the day, a cold front raced overhead, spilling rain and
> scattering migrants in its path. In between, there was partly cloudy skies
> and a light westerly wind until the afternoon seabreeze kicked up.
> Temperatures rose to the upper 40s.
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> Raptor Observations:
> As soon as the weather improved, raptors responded. At one point, a single
> thermal held a Turkey Vulture, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, two Red-shouldered
> Hawks, a Red-tailed Hawk, and an American Kestrel, a live action facsimile
> of a raptor silhouette guide. An adult Northern Goshawk, probably the same
> bird as yesterday, showed itself a couple of times, popping up to the right
> of Little Bradbury. To end out the day, a male Northern Harrier rode the
> winds just in front of the storm, a granite Thunderbird ushering in the
> rain.
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> Non-raptor Observations:
> Some of the morning flight was lost under the low cloud ceiling, but
> several large flocks of American Robins and blackbirds come through after
> the skies lifted.
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> Non-raptor migrants:
> Canada Goose- 88 American Black Duck- 2 Mallard- 2
> Anas sp.- 5 Common Merganser- 11 waterfowl sp.- 4
> Great Blue Heron- 1 Killdeer- 1 American Crow- 28
> Tree Swallow- 2 European Starling- 1 Horned Lark- 3
> American Robin- 189 Eastern Bluebird- 3
> Common Grackle- 7 Red-winged Blackbird- 11
> blackbird sp.- 473 passerine sp.- 71
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> Predictions:
> Windy and a bit on the chilly side. The morning will start off partly
> cloudy, with more clouds moving in through the afternoon. Temperatures will
> be in the upper thirties, but with a windchill, it will feel colder. The
> wind will be blowing out of the west at 15-20mph, gusting upwards of 30mph.
> Bundle up and keep one hand on the scope!
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> Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
> Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at:
> www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp
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