[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (23 Apr 2015) 113 Raptors

>
> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2015
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 164 374
> Osprey 5 280 280
> Bald Eagle 0 29 62
> Northern Harrier 2 87 88
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 375 383
> Cooper's Hawk 0 40 58
> Northern Goshawk 0 2 3
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 77 104
> Broad-winged Hawk 104 587 587
> Red-tailed Hawk 0 139 208
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 3
> Golden Eagle 0 1 1
> American Kestrel 0 212 213
> Merlin 1 31 33
> Peregrine Falcon 0 4 5
> Unknown Accipiter 0 13 14
> Unknown Buteo 0 9 10
> Unknown Falcon 0 3 3
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
> Unknown Raptor 0 7 7
>
> Total: 113 2060 2437
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>
> Observation start time: 07:45:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8.25 hours
>
> Official Counter: Andrew Wolfgang
>
> Observers: Julie Krasne
>
> Visitors:
> 18
>
>
> Weather:
> A partly sunny morning with west winds made for good conditions during the
> first three hours of the count. Winds changed to northwest and rain
> surrounded the area. Rain was light to moderate at times with several
> showers during the last few hours of the watch. Visibility and temperatures
> decreased after noon, as well as the number of migrant raptors.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Today 113 migrants were recorded passing by Bradbury. In the first three
> hours of the count, many Broad-winged Hawks moved while skies were still
> sunny and the winds were westerly. Kettles of up to fifteen birds were
> observed. In the following five hours after a great morning, only 5
> migrants were recorded during overcast skies and rain showers.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Today 36 species were observed from the summit. Many warblers were passing
> by during the count, most during the light rain in the afternoon. The
> majority of the warblers were Palm Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
> Migrants included:
>
> Warbler sp. 83
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 47
> Palm Warbler 41
> Tree Swallow 15
> Double-crested Cormorant 9
> Pine Warbler 5
> Canada Goose 5
> Great Blue Heron 2
> American Goldfinch 1
> Sandhill Crane 1
>
>
>
> Predictions:
> Tomorrow's forecast looks very similar to the weather we had today. If this
> is true, then the first three hours of the count will be very productive.
> West winds on the lighter side and partly sunny skies in the morning will
> likely be great hawk watching. Later on, rain is expected and that weather
> will most likely have a similar effect on the migration as today's storm
> system had on the count this afternoon.
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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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