[Maine-birds] Fwd: HSR: Bradbury Mountain State Park (05 Apr 2015) 24 Raptors

> Bradbury Mountain State Park
> Pownal, Maine, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 05, 2015
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 133 343
> Osprey 1 4 4
> Bald Eagle 2 5 38
> Northern Harrier 1 19 20
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 55 63
> Cooper's Hawk 1 15 33
> Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1 41 68
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 7 77 146
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 3
> Golden Eagle 0 1 1
> American Kestrel 2 19 20
> Merlin 0 6 8
> Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2
> Unknown Accipiter 0 5 6
> Unknown Buteo 0 6 7
> Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
> Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
>
> Total: 24 388 765
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>
> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 16:00:00
> Total observation time: 8 hours
>
> Official Counter: Andrew Wolfgang
>
> Observers: Alan McKelvy, Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch, Jeff Cherry,
> Zane Baker
>
> Visitors:
> 40
>
>
> Weather:
> The count started this morning with clear skies and light southwest winds.
> The view from the Brad turned to white, for an hour as a quick snow shower
> moved through in the late morning. Winds picked up and changed to westerly,
> and the sky remained clear with spotty clouds for the duration of the
> count.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Twenty-four migrants were recorded today. Close looks at the following
> local species were also obtained by visitors: Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered
> Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, & Turkey Vultures.
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Other migrants included:
> Common Grackle 104
> Blackbird sp. 100
> Canada Goose 98
> American Robin 62
> Common Merganser 22
> Red-winged Blackbird 11
> American Black Duck 7
> Pine Siskin 6
> American Goldfinch 3
>
> Predictions:
> Tomorrow overcast skies with afternoon precipitation, looks like a day that
> may have migrants flying in the morning hours. Southeast winds 5-10 mph may
> be light enough to make for a good morning of hawk watching at Bradbury
> Mountain!
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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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