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From: reports@hawkcount.org
Date: April 5, 2013, 7:04:25 PM EDT
To: freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Subject: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (05 Apr 2013) 81 Raptors
Reply-To: freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 05, 2013
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 30 105 295
Osprey 8 20 22
Bald Eagle 1 6 40
Northern Harrier 1 8 14
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 27 56
Cooper's Hawk 3 15 34
Northern Goshawk 2 2 15
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 12 87
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 13 55 232
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 9 15 17
Merlin 0 2 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
Unknown Buteo 0 2 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 2 3 14
Total: 81 272 843
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
Observers: Don Thompson, Ken Klapper
Visitors:
17, including several newcomers to the hawkwatch. Thanks for visiting and
helping spot those distant birds!
Weather:
If hawkcounters could order weather at a spring watchsite, it would read
something like today's conditions; light to moderate southwest wind, a
changing landscape of clouds passing over the sky, and temperatures running
in the mid-50s. The wind gradually lessened as the day wore on, though with
a cold front sweeping across the region, a northwest breeze picked up in
the late afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
Another day with a good push of migrants. Packing a lunch, an Osprey
traveled north with a fishy snack clenched in its talons. Two more Northern
Goshawks moved through, one a tattered adult or sub-adult, a calico mix of
old and new attire with uneven flight feathers arrayed in slipshod fashion.
The other goshawk was a still sporting its crisp juvenile plumage of
streaky browns and creams.
Non-raptor Observations:
The first Eastern Phoebe at the hawkwatch this season passionately
announced itself this morning in contrast to the first-of-year RUSTY
BLACKBIRD who called twice as it flew over the summit. Hawkwatch Junco
spent the day laying out the law for potential rivals who had arrived
overnight.
Non-raptor migrants:
Canada Goose- 3 Common Merganser- 2 Great Blue Heron- 1
Killdeer- 1 Tree Swallow- 13 American Robin- 32
Eastern Bluebird- 1 Rusty Blackbird- 1 Common Grackle- 19
Red-winged Blackbird- 13 blackbird sp.- 363
American Goldfinch- 1 passerine sp.- 17
Predictions:
Tommorrow will be a bit of a slow down after the last couple of days. The
wind will be out of the northwest at 15-20mph, though it will decrease some
later in the afternoon. The high temperature for the day should be in the
mid-40s. There will be very few clouds to block the sun, which should make
it seem a little warmer at the summit.
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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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