[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (31 Mar 2015) 37 Raptors

>
> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 31, 2015
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 18 210 210
> Osprey 0 0 0
> Bald Eagle 5 33 33
> Northern Harrier 0 1 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 8 8
> Cooper's Hawk 4 18 18
> Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1 27 27
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 6 69 69
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3
> Golden Eagle 0 0 0
> American Kestrel 0 1 1
> Merlin 1 2 2
> Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
> Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
> Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
> Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
> Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
> Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
>
> Total: 37 377 377
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:15:00
> Total observation time: 8.25 hours
>
> Official Counter: Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch
>
> Observers: Becky Marvil, Bob Timberlake
>
> Visitors:
> 7
>
>
> Weather:
> A chilly start, but temperatures slowly inched their way to a near-normal
> high for a change. Light NW winds eventually turned westerly, making for a
> most pleasant day to be on the hill.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Local Bald Eagles were busy this am, and in the pm, three displaying
> Cooper's Hawks were visible. The local gang of Turkey Vultures spent an
> hour riding the up drafts off The Brad.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> 22 species were seen and/or heard from the summit today, including 12
> BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS that greeted Jeannette as she arrived at the summit to
> open the count.
>
> Other species deemed migrating:
> 13 Unidentified waterbirds
> 7 American Crows
> 5 American Robins
> 5 European Starlings
> 3 Common Mergansers
> 2 Red-winged Blackbirds
> 1 Killdeer
> 1 American Goldfinches
> 1 Pine Siskin
>
> Predictions:
> Another day with northwesterly winds, unfortunately a little stronger than
> today. Colder temps but abundant sunshine are expected. Depending on the
> strength of the wind, we would expect another light flight.
> ========================================================================
> Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
> Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at:
> www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/hawkwatch.asp
>
>

--
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.