| Daily Raptor Counts: May 07, 2015 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 374 |
| Osprey | 2 | 48 | 353 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 11 | 83 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 11 | 99 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 | 148 | 574 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 16 | 81 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 9 | 341 | 1083 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 16 | 228 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 1 | 76 | 297 |
| Merlin | 0 | 25 | 63 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Total: | 20 | 699 | 3397 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Andrew Wolfgang |
| Observers: | Derek Lovitch, Julie Krasne, Zane Baker |
Visitors:26
Weather:A scorcher at Bradbury with few clouds, and temperatures rising into the mid-eighties (28 C). Winds were primarily light and variable ending with SW by late afternoon. Even stray clouds were rare, until the late afternoon when winds began to pick up. It was a hot one!!
Raptor Observations:There were 20 migrants that passed by The Brad today. The majority of the migrant raptors were spotted at the very beginning of the count and around 2 pm EST when winds shifted.
Non-raptor Observations:Other migrants included: Blue Jay 30 Tree Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 4 American Goldfinch 4 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Green Darner (dragonfly) 1
Predictions:Tomorrow will be cooler than today, winds are predicted to be east changing to northeast. Clouds will be more common tomorrow than they've been in several days at Bradbury. As the count period enters it's final week we expect to see groups of young Broad-winged Hawks, and of course there is always a possibility of seeing rare birds during the last week!
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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