[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (20 Mar 2018) 26 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 20, 2018
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	16	40	40
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	3	30	30
Northern Harrier	0	0	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	0
Cooper's Hawk	3	11	11
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	3	3
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	3	19	19
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	0
Merlin	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	26	107	107

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Jeannette Lovitch
Observers:	Dave Fensore

Visitors:
10 people visited the hawkwatch today.

Weather:
It was a quite pleasant day at the summit today. Winds were mostly light from the NW, with a high temperature in the upper 30's. Visibility under a sunny sky was very good to excellent throughout the day.

Raptor Observations:
Turkey Vultures ruled the day. Up to 5 local Bald Eagles were regularly seen throughout the day, along with a Red-tailed Hawk that seemed to be looking for treats all day. A displaying Cooper's Hawk was observed in the late afternoon. But, the real treat was the Red-shouldered Hawk that appeared over the summit to be counted as the last migrant today.

Non-raptor Observations:
21 species were seen from the summit today. Our first flock of 12 Canada Geese was counted, along with 1 Pine Siskin and 3 Purple Finches. A group of 4 Eastern Bluebirds brightened up the lunch hour by landing in the trees around the summit for a few minutes allowing for good photographic opportunities. Other birds deemed migrating included 13 American Goldfinches and 2 European Starlings

Predictions:
Storm's acomin' (again). Looks like winds tomorrow will be gusting stronger once again, from the north and northeast. Clouds will increase throughout the day ahead of the developing snow. We should get a whole day of hawkwatching in, and hope that a few birds will be moving ahead of the weather, but NE winds are not ideal.

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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
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