I have had similar experiences in past years. Over my house in Portland about 25 years ago I counted 640 in roughly two hours on September 12th. I was seeing so many hawks I had to stop mowing the lawn and watch.
Approximately 10 years ago on September 11th I counted 1040 in three hours over my house in Cumberland. One kettle was very high. My estimate was 500+ birds. I was counting in blocks of 50 and could only see the birds against this one cloud in a clear blue sky.
I am quite surprised to hear the big push of birds over Agamenticus came so much later than in my experiences. I assume late summer warmth and a lack of north winds contributed.
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> On Sep 24, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Joanne Stevens <joshawk@maine.rr.com> wrote:
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> Great day at Mt. Agamenticus with almost 1000 Broadwings. Almost all of the birds came between 1:30 and 2:30 with two kettles that joined to make 300 and another of 500. Most birds were far and high, some streaming overhead. Other species, especially Sharpies and Kestrels zipping by on nice NNW and NW winds.
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