[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (20 Mar 2014) 17 Raptors

> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 20, 2014
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 5 91 91
> Osprey 0 0 0
> Bald Eagle 2 19 19
> Northern Harrier 0 2 2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 4 4
> Cooper's Hawk 1 4 4
> Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
> Red-shouldered Hawk 4 27 27
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 4 25 25
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
> Golden Eagle 0 0 0
> American Kestrel 0 0 0
> Merlin 0 1 1
> Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
> Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
> Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 2 2
>
> Total: 17 176 176
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>
> Observation start time: 12:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 4 hours
>
> Official Counter: Katrina Fenton
>
> Observers: Don Thompson, Zane Baker
>
> Visitors:
> There weren't many people out hiking Bradbury this afternoon, despite the
> breaks of sunshine and warmer conditions. The hawkwatch had 2 visitors.
>
>
> Weather:
> Low clouds and fog obscured visibility for the first half of the day. Once
> conditions improved, there were a few breaks of sunshine before the
> overcast built back in. The wind was light out of the west, gaining
> strength late in the day when it moved another batch of blue sky over
> Portland. Temperatures reached the upper 30s, causing melt-water to babble
> and gurgle under the slush and ice as it found its way down the mountain.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Raptors were on the move late into the afternoon, postponed by the morning
> weather. Turkey Vultures rose with the clouds, and more than one migrant
> disappeared into the low overcast.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Only 15 species were observed today, and nearly half of them were raptors.
> Yesterday's Mourning Doves have deserted the summit for the time being in
> the wake of last night's snow and rain. American Crows were the sole
> non-raptor migrants of the day; 40 were counted, but there were many more
> crows passing when distant hawks called attention elsewhere.
>
> Predictions:
> A brisk west wind will be gusting over 25mph tomorrow as we're sandwiched
> between a low to the north and high pressure sliding in from the southwest.
> The sky will be partly cloudy, and temperatures could rise well into the
> 30s. There should be birds on the move ahead of Saturday's weather, though
> wind that strong may be a bit of a challenge for migrants, as well as loose
> hats and optics.
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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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