[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (08 Apr 2020) 42 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	1	1
Turkey Vulture	21	268	535
Osprey	8	13	13
Bald Eagle	1	6	80
Northern Harrier	0	6	10
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3	38	58
Cooper's Hawk	1	9	16
Northern Goshawk	1	1	3
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	4	51
Broad-winged Hawk	1	3	3
Red-tailed Hawk	2	16	90
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	2	8	10
Merlin	1	6	8
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	5
Unknown Buteo	0	0	3
Unknown Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	0	1
Total:	42	380	889

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

Visitors:
16 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Another beautiful day on the summit. Winds started out a bit stronger than anticipated out of the northeast through the morning, teetering east in the early part of the afternoon before shifting southeast through the end of the count.

Raptor Observations:
Migration was on the lower end today but offered nice diversity of species. Turkey Vultures are still dominating the numbers, occasional early Broad-winged Hawks are being seen, and daily Osprey observations are increasing as the season progresses.

Non-raptor Observations:
30 species were observed from the summit today. Individuals deemed migrant included: 1 Hermit Thrush 3 Tree Swallows 1 Purple Finch 3 Red-winged Blackbirds

Predictions:
Southeast winds and plenty of rain on the schedule for tomorrow. It's looking like it might be a total rain out, although we might get lucky with a some visibility in the earlier part of morning, but we'll have to wait and see.

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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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