Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 15, 2017 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 4 4 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 6 6 6 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 2 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 15 15 15
Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter Zane Baker Observers: Derek Lovitch
Visitors:
13 people visited the hawkwatch today
Weather:
Bradbury Hawkwatch 2017 is officially underway! After volunteering my time at this site for the past few seasons, I am excited to be the primary observer for these next few months. I look forward to meeting people who venture up to the summit to enjoy the birds to come. The day started out sunny with a light SW wind. As the day went along, clouds began to build in, with mostly continuing westerly or southwesterly winds. Temperatures today started out at -6C. We only hit the freezing mark at 10:00 in the morning. Visibility was very good to excellent throughout the day.
Raptor Observations:
The hawk flight was quite good for the first day of the count period. The first migrant counted was a Bald Eagle. Several Bald Eagles were also seen from the summit, potentially local birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
17 species were seen from the summit today. Non-raptors counted included: 9 European Starlings (northbound) 37 Canada Geese (southbound) 8 Blackbird sp. (southbound) 2 Common Mergansers (southbound) 4-5 Common Ravens were also seen courting throughout the day.
Predictions:
Winds tomorrow are predicted to be westerly to northwesterly with some sunshine. We would expect to see some birds on the move tomorrow.
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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