[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (11 Apr 2020) 33 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	7	281	548
Osprey	5	24	24
Bald Eagle	0	6	80
Northern Harrier	1	9	13
Sharp-shinned Hawk	7	45	65
Cooper's Hawk	2	11	18
Northern Goshawk	0	1	3
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	4	51
Broad-winged Hawk	5	10	10
Red-tailed Hawk	2	19	93
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	3	11	13
Merlin	0	8	10
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	5
Unknown Buteo	1	1	4
Unknown Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	0	1
Total:	33	432	941

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Jim Pinfold

Visitors:
16 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
It was lovely day on the mountain. Moderate winds out of the northwest through most the day carried some intermittent heavy gusts. Winds stayed pretty consistent out of the northwest lightening up a bit in the later afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
While migration activity was on the lighter side, winds were light enough that a number of species were observed migrating in the early part of the count duration. It seemed to me that birds were moving ahead of a brief snow shower that arrived around 1100 EST. The snow was relatively light and only lasted about 40 minutes, but migration activity was very limited afterward.

Non-raptor Observations:
27 species were observed from the summit. Non-raptor individuals deemed migrating included: 7 Canada Geese 3 Red-winged Blackbirds

Predictions:
Another nice day before precipitation arrives late Sunday/early morning Monday. Winds are expected to be light, starting out of the southwest and shifting south by the afternoon. Light southwest winds are likely to bring some migration activity through the area. Here's hoping!

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Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/bradbury-mountain-hawkwatch
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]

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