[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (08 May 2013) 21 Raptors

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> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: May 08, 2013
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> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 0 305
> Osprey 1 16 509
> Bald Eagle 0 2 59
> Northern Harrier 0 5 129
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 79 735
> Cooper's Hawk 0 7 83
> Northern Goshawk 0 1 17
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 124
> Broad-winged Hawk 8 66 1425
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 2 301
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
> Golden Eagle 0 0 1
> American Kestrel 0 14 426
> Merlin 0 4 74
> 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
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> Total: 21 198 4240
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> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8 hours
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> Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
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> Observers: Dave Gulick
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> Visitors:
> 26.
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> Weather:
> The hawkwatch began with a light, southwest wind, lots of sunshine, and
> temperatures rapidly ascending to 70F. A fog bank lurking offshore rushed
> inland over the second half of the morning, coming within a couple miles of
> the mountain befor suddenly melting away to a sky stuffed with stratus. The
> wind increased as it turned into a southeast seabreeze, blowing away the
> few blackflies who were just starting to think about biting.
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> Raptor Observations:
> There was no big push of birds ahead of the front, we'll have to see what
> comes after it passes.
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> Non-raptor Observations:
> Quite a bit of warbler activity at the summit today, with birds singing for
> most of the day. There were at least 2 Blackburnian Warblers, 2
> Black-throated Green Warblers, 3 Black-and-white Warblers, a Northern
> Parula, the Pine Warbler pair, and the first Ovenbird of the year.
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> Non-raptor Migrants:
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> Double-crested Cormorant- 5 Chimney Swift- 2
> Tree Swallow- 6 Barn Swallow- 2 Blue Jay- 1
> Eastern Bluebird- 1 American Goldfinch- 1
> passerine sp.- 2
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> Predictions:
> Tomorrow may have a foggy start to the morning. Skies will be overcast with
> a chance of scattered showers throughout the day. Temperatures may rise to
> around 60. The wind will be out of the east at 5-10 mph, turning to the
> southeast later in the day. There could be some birds to count in between
> rain showers if the visibility isn't too bad.
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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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