[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (04 May 2013) 10 Raptors

>
> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: May 04, 2013
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 0 305
> Osprey 2 13 506
> Bald Eagle 1 2 59
> Northern Harrier 0 2 126
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 26 682
> Cooper's Hawk 0 3 79
> Northern Goshawk 0 0 16
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 124
> Broad-winged Hawk 2 25 1384
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 300
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 2 9 421
> Merlin 1 3 73
> Peregrine Falcon 0 1 6
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4
> Unknown Buteo 0 0 6
> Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 1 30
>
> Total: 10 86 4128
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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: Derek Lovitch
>
> Visitors:
> 85.
>
>
> Weather:
> Wall-to-wall blue skies following a few rapidly vanishing morning clouds. A
> grayish smudge of haze and/or fog faded the distant horizon to a blur. The
> wind behaved as was forcasted, swinging to the south-southeast after
> begining the day from the northeast with the onset of the onshore flow.
> Temperatures reached 60 in the middle of the day before falling back to the
> low 50s.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> The skies were quiet. This Omega block has kept migrant raptors locked to
> our south, or sent them skirting around to our west. Today's wind didn't
> help matters, pushing birds inland from Bradbury. More locals were seen
> than migrants, such as 3 of the adult Bald Eagles rising together off the
> side of the mountain.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Not much going on in terms of migrants for non-raptors, either. There was
> one more Black-and-white Warbler today, bringing the count up to three. The
> usual crowd of Pine Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, and an insistant
> Black-throated Green Warbler were also around. Two Chipping Sparrows are
> continuing to frequent the summit, despite Hawkwatch Junco's best efforts
> to be intimidating.
>
> Non-raptor Migrants:
>
> Double-crested Cormorant- 36 Chimney Swift- 1
> Tree Swallow- 16 Barn Swallow- 1 swallow sp.- 1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler- 5 Pine Siskin- 1
> American Goldfinch- 3 Purple Finch- 2
>
> Predictions:
> More of the same. It looks like this high could stay in place through
> Wednesday. On the upside, the wind will loose its easterly component
> tomorrow, beginning out of the west before switching to the south and
> gathering strength. Hopefully this will keep any migrants from being pushed
> farther inland and out of view.
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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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