[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (05 May 2016) 2 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 05, 2016
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	0	0	260
Osprey	2	10	460
Bald Eagle	0	0	59
Northern Harrier	0	0	123
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	11	679
Cooper's Hawk	0	2	66
Northern Goshawk	0	0	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	0	74
Broad-winged Hawk	0	33	1875
Red-tailed Hawk	0	3	241
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	3	416
Merlin	0	0	62
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	6
Unknown Buteo	0	0	12
Unknown Falcon	0	0	4
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	21
Total:	2	62	4361

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Anna Stunkel
Observers:

Visitors:
Nine people visited the hawkwatch.

Weather:
The morning started off with patchy fog and poor visibility for about three hours. After the fog cleared, visibility was excellent with overcast skies throughout the day. Winds were mostly from the north and north northeast, starting off light and becoming moderate and gusty in the afternoon. Temperatures were in the low forties.

Raptor Observations:
The skies were nearly devoid of migrating raptors, with only two migrant Osprey counted. These birds came through during early afternoon and flew low over the horizon. Local birds spotted today included one Osprey going south, several Turkey Vultures, two Broad-winged Hawks, and one adult Bald Eagle.

Non-raptor Observations:
Even songbirds were rather quiet today. Only 34 bird species were seen and/or heard.

Species deemed migrating:

2 warbler sp.

1 Double-crested Cormorant

1 Great Blue Heron

Predictions:
It sounds like we will finally see some sunshine tomorrow, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the fifties. Light winds are expected to start out northerly, becoming more easterly in the afternoon. Hopefully the breakup in cloud cover will bring more migrants past the summit.

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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