[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (09 Apr 2013) 19 Raptors

> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2013
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 112 302
> Osprey 9 43 45
> Bald Eagle 0 7 41
> Northern Harrier 2 18 24
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 49 78
> Cooper's Hawk 1 22 41
> Northern Goshawk 0 2 15
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 17 92
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 67 244
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 2 31 33
> Merlin 1 3 6
> Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
> Unknown Buteo 0 2 5
> Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 5 16
>
> Total: 19 379 950
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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: Jeannette Lovitch
>
> Visitors:
> 5
>
>
> Weather:
> Fair visibility to start quickly degraded with thickening fog and drizzle
> by 9:20. Rain 9:45-10:00 followed by moderate to thick fog until 12:30
> EST. slowly lifting clouds and light winds shifting from the ESE to the
> NNW allowed for a little late-day rally.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Not much until 1:10 when the clouds had lifted enough to allow a late
> passage of powered fliers. Ospreys really don't seem to care that much
> about what they fly in.
>
> A local-acting adult Red-shouldered Hawk put in another appearance today.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:

> 31 species seen and/or heard from the summit today included 9 BOHEMIAN
> WAXWINGS that greeted Jeannette at the summit in the morning and dueting
> Barred Owls in the afternoon.
>
> Other species deemed migrating:
> Waterbird sp: 20
> Double-crested Cormorant: 16
> Tree Swallow: Northbound - 13; Southbound - 19.
> American Robin: 12
> Canada Goose: 5
> Mallard: 4
> Great Blue Heron: 3
> Belted Kingfisher: 1
> WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL: 1
> American Goldfinch: 1
>
> Predictions:
> Light winds are predicted for tomorrow, from the SW switching to the SE by afternoon. Chance of showers throughout the day, but any amount of clearing will result in a push of birds.
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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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