Bradbury Mountain State ParkPownal, Maine, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: May 12, 2017 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 511 |
| Osprey | 3 | 25 | 337 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 5 | 75 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 6 | 178 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 95 | 594 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 2 | 6 | 66 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 2 | 3 | 127 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 3 | 56 | 1359 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 8 | 169 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 2 | 11 | 429 |
| Merlin | 4 | 14 | 58 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 5 | 33 |
| Total: | 18 | 237 | 3967 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Zane Baker |
| Observers: | Dave Gulick, Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch |
Visitors:For a nice Friday I expected more visitors. 16 people stopped by today. Early in the day I received a wave from a Maine Game Warden as he flew by in his helicopter.
Weather:What a nice change today was. The morning started off with completely cloudy skies but by about 11am there was some blue sky starting to emerge. Cloud cover dropped to about 25% of the visible sky by the end of the day, allowing for abundant sunshine to reach the summit. Winds, predominantly from the north remained very light for most of the day until about 4pm when there was a shift to the southeast. Temperatures were plenty warm enough to be in a T-shirt for the second half of the day, with highs in the mid 60s.
Raptor Observations:More birds were moving today, compared to the past few days. Migrants and local birds were seen throughout the day. A couple of late season Red-shouldered Hawks were seen moving north over the Little Bradbury ridge line around mid morning. I had a couple more nice looks at Merlin who circled in front of the mountain before powering their way north. There was quite a bit of Eagle activity today, but nothing I could confidently consider a migrant, mostly adult birds and immature birds flying back and forth.
Non-raptor Observations:Non raptors were active today as well. Many more songs and call notes were counted today. 44 species were seen and or heard today, including the first Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Cliff Swallows to pass the mountain. Other northbound birds included: 58 Tree Swallows 10 Double-crested Cormorants 8 Chimney Swifts 8 Barn Swallows 5 Common Loons 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers 4 American Goldfinches 2 Cliff Swallows 2 Great Blue Herons 1 Mallard
Predictions:Tomorrow is predicted to be cloudy with highs around 55 degrees. Winds should be light from the east-southeast. Rain may start to move in during the evening which hopefully pushes some birds our way as it approaches.
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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