[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (12 Apr 2020) 120 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 12, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	9	290	557
Osprey	25	49	49
Bald Eagle	1	7	81
Northern Harrier	2	11	15
Sharp-shinned Hawk	36	81	101
Cooper's Hawk	3	14	21
Northern Goshawk	1	2	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	6	53
Broad-winged Hawk	17	27	27
Red-tailed Hawk	3	22	96
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	12	23	25
Merlin	6	14	16
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	1	2	6
Unknown Buteo	0	1	4
Unknown Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	2	2	3
Total:	120	552	1061

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Mathew Gilbert

Visitors:
5 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Light winds out of the southwest started the day, teetering west and south mid-day, turning south and southeast through the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
It was a productive day for raptor migration, although not quite as productive as I had expected. A nice distribution of species diversity was observed today including a decent accipiter and falcon flight, as well as increasing numbers of Broad-winged Hawks and Osprey.

Non-raptor Observations:
33 species were observed from the summit today. Non-raptor individuals deemed migrant included: 4 American Robins 6 European Starlings 53 Tree Swallows 2 Purple Finches 1 Canada Goose 2 Belted Kingfishers 14 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Duck sp.

Predictions:
Strong winds carrying heavy gusts and plenty of rain tomorrow. Weather predictions indicate a total rain out, but we'll have to wait and see what happens.

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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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