[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (30 Apr 2013) 34 Raptors

>
> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 30, 2013
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 115 305
> Osprey 4 491 493
> Bald Eagle 0 23 57
> Northern Harrier 0 118 124
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 627 656
> Cooper's Hawk 1 57 76
> Northern Goshawk 0 3 16
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 49 124
> Broad-winged Hawk 18 1359 1359
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 122 299
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 4 410 412
> Merlin 0 67 70
> Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
> Unknown Buteo 0 3 6
> Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 18 29
>
> Total: 34 3471 4042
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>
> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8 hours
>
> Official Counter: Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch
>
> Observers: Tom Downing
>
> Visitors:
> 12
>
>
> Weather:
> Crystal-clear skies all day. Contrails were short-lived in the dry air
> mass. It was a tough day to see hawks, but it was at least warm! Temps
> rose to 18F before cooling a few degrees as a southerly sea breeze
> increased once again. Haze marginally impacted visibility towards the
> coast.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Local Broad-winged Hawks were very active today, especially in the
> afternoon. Four birds were circling and interacting closely at one point
> when two of the birds locked talons and tumbled for multiple seconds before
> separating.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> As with the raptor flight today, not too much else was on the move today.
> However, a total of 32 species were observed from the summit. Birds deemed
> migrating were limited to:
>
> 55 Double-crested Cormorants
> 9 Tree Swallows
> 5 Common Grackles
> 2 Barn Swallows
> 1 Yellow-rumped Warblers
> 1 American Goldfinch
>
> Predictions:
> It looks like there may be a sea breeze again tomorrow, but not as strong
> as today. Winds are forecast to be out of the east in the morning, but
> switching around to the south later in the day. Temperatures should reach
> the mid-60s with sunny skies in the morning. It should be another lovely
> day with at least some birds on the move (but see below).
>
> The first half of April saw us caught under an Omega Block when two areas
> of high pressure trapped an area of low pressure right over us, resulting
> in a prolonged period of cool and unsettled weather. Now, and another
> Omega Block has us stuck under high pressure and producing beautiful
> weather. However, storms to our south may be helping to dry up our flow of
> birds, or perhaps the high is now shunting things away from the coast. So
> once again, hawkwatchers find themselves hoping for a change in the
> weather!
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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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