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> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 15, 2014
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 18 18 18
> Osprey 0 0 0
> Bald Eagle 3 3 3
> Northern Harrier 1 1 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1
> Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
> Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
> Red-shouldered Hawk 6 6 6
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 8 8 8
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
> Golden Eagle 0 0 0
> American Kestrel 0 0 0
> Merlin 1 1 1
> Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
> Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
> Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
>
> Total: 38 38 38
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8 hours
>
> Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
>
> Observers: Alan McKelvy, Dan Nickerson, Don Thompson, Julie Krasne,
> Zane Baker
>
> Visitors:
> Friends from previous seasons, hikers, bikers, snowshoers, and skiers
> helped kick off the season in style. Don Thompson brought up chocolate chip
> cookies to mark the occasion, and even the drizzle couldn't dampen high
> spirits. All told, the hawkwatch had 48 visitors today.
>
>
> Weather:
> The first official day of the count starred a sky that played like a
> time-laps tape of March. Overcast passed into blue, then back to clouds,
> then blue, then drizzle, to finish a crisp cerulean filled with pearly
> cumulus. A southwest breeze lingered on the edge of staying light enough to
> tempt watchers out of their jackets, only to build in the afternoon and
> shift to the northwest after the passage of a front. Temperatures climbed
> to the mid-40s after beginning the day at the freezing mark.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> A Bald Eagle was the hawkwatch's first official migrant, as Dan Nickerson
> predicted a few minutes earlier. A sampling of early-season migrants
> followed, from a Merlin rising in front of the summit, to a Sharp-shinned
> Hawk that couldn't resist pestering a Red-tailed Hawk, to the Turkey
> Vultures moving back to reclaim land lost to winter. Late in the afternoon
> an adult Northern Goshawk passed overhead to soar and display over Little
> Bradbury.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Morning found a Great Blue Heron on its way north, a Killdeer heading
> south, and a steady supply of migrating American Crows that lasted all day
> long. The first of the Red-winged Blackbird and American Robin flocks also
> came through, small reminders of big flights to come.
>
> Non-raptor Migrants:
> Great Blue Heron-1 Killdeer- 1
> sandpiper sp.-1 American Crow- 1072
> Eastern Bluebird- 2 American Robin- 8
> European Starling- 12 Red-winged Blackbird-4
> passerine sp.-14
>
> Predictions:
> Tomorrow will be chilly with temperatures stuck in the 20s and a stiff west
> wind gusting to 20-30mph. With only a few clouds to clutter the sky, there
> will at least be the appearance of a nice, sunny day, but potential
> migrants will have to contend with the wind. Bundle up and don't forget
> some traction, the trails will be icy!
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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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