[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (23 Apr 2013) 6 Raptors

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> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2013
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> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 115 305
> Osprey 3 447 449
> Bald Eagle 0 21 55
> Northern Harrier 0 106 112
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 462 491
> Cooper's Hawk 0 49 68
> Northern Goshawk 0 2 15
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 47 122
> Broad-winged Hawk 3 841 841
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 112 289
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 0 337 339
> Merlin 0 49 52
> Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
> Unknown Buteo 0 3 6
> Unknown Falcon 0 3 3
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 16 27
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> Total: 6 2613 3184
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> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8 hours
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> Official Counter: Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch
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> Observers:
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> Visitors:
> 5
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> Weather:
> Raw. Temperatures barely crested the 40 degree mark. A moderate wind out of
> the east all day with overcast skies kept most birds grounded, or sent them
> elsewhere. Drizzle towards the water ever-so-slowly inched its way inland,
> arriving at the mountain around 3:30.
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> Raptor Observations:
> Very few of the local birds were active today. One pair of Broad-winged
> Hawks, a Bald Eagle, and a few Turkey Vultures were it.
>
> Recently, we've been surprised by the volume of the flight on
> less-than-ideal winds and we've been questioning whether or not the raptors
> are "reading the book" on when and when not to fly. Today was NOT one of
> those days.
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> Non-raptor Observations:
> I wasn't just raptors that were few and far between today. A mere 27
> species were seen and/or heard from the summit today, but not much was
> migrating. The Blue-headed Vireo and Pine Warbler let out a few feeble
> bursts of song. 7 Great Blue Herons were observed traveling south. Birds
> deemed migrating north were:
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> 6 Double-crested Cormorants
> 1 Great Blue Heron
> 1 Palm Warbler
> 1 Common Grackle
> 1 American Goldfinch
>
> Predictions:
> It should be quite a bit warmer tomorrow. Once the scattered showers clear
> out in the morning, a moderate northerly wind will pick up. Migration
> conditions should be better than today, to say the least.
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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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