[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (03 Apr 2013) 22 Raptors

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> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 03, 2013
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 7 28 218
> Osprey 3 6 8
> Bald Eagle 2 5 39
> Northern Harrier 1 6 12
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 9 38
> Cooper's Hawk 2 10 29
> Northern Goshawk 0 0 13
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 81
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 4 32 209
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 1 2 4
> Merlin 1 2 5
> 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
>
> Total: 22 106 677
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>
> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8 hours
>
> Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
>
> Observers:
>
> Visitors:
> 27. Thanks for your warm wishes and hot chocolate!
>
>
> Weather:
> The story of the day was again the wind, shaking optics, blowing leaves,
> and generally making life difficult for all things airborn. Temperatures
> were warmer than yesterday, getting up to the second half of the 30s. A
> blanket of high, thin clouds moved in in the afternoon, not quite enough to
> block the welcome sunshine.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Many of today's raptors came through at eye level just past the summit,
> some of the closest birds we've had so far this season. An American Kestrel
> shot through the trees on the west side before a gust took it low overhead.
> An Osprey and a Cooper's Hawk fared slightly better, coming around the
> leeward side of the mountain just past the pines. The wind lessened enough
> in the final hour to allow one last push of migrants, including a loose
> line of three Osprey strung out over the horizon.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> The junipers were again ransacked, this time by a small band of eight
> Bohemian Waxwings who blew through a couple of times as they made the
> rounds of the ledges. Not much else was to be seen.
>
> Non-raptor migrants:
> Canada Goose- 16
> blackbird sp. 19
> passerine sp.- 3
>
> Predictions:
> Sunshine will not be lacking with only a few clouds scattered around to
> break up the blue. The wind will be lighter than the past few days, still
> blowing at 10-15mph, but it's an improvement. It will also be out of the
> west-southwest, which will lend more of a tailwind to migrants.
> Temperatures will comfortably close to 50.
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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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