[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (05 May 2020) 60 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 05, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	1
Turkey Vulture	0	0	557
Osprey	7	114	361
Bald Eagle	0	4	87
Northern Harrier	0	18	55
Sharp-shinned Hawk	17	393	725
Cooper's Hawk	0	12	56
Northern Goshawk	0	0	6
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	1	65
Broad-winged Hawk	36	1623	2370
Red-tailed Hawk	0	5	129
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	101	236
Merlin	0	12	70
Peregrine Falcon	0	4	5
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	11
Unknown Buteo	0	1	6
Unknown Falcon	0	1	5
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	5	19
Total:	60	2294	4765

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Derek Lovitch, Luke Fultz
Observers:	Jeannette Lovitch, Luke Fultz, Scott Belongie

Visitors:
19 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Moderate northwest winds persisted through most of the day, carrying some heavy gusts at times. A cooler day on the summit, warming a little through the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
Slower day on the summit today. Winds out of the northwest were stronger than desirable. Most birds were observed at a distance.

Non-raptor Observations:
38 species were observed from the summit today. Individuals deemed migrating included: 8 Tree Swallows 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 12 Double-crested Cormorant 2 American Robins 1 Barn Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow

Predictions:
West winds to start, quickly shifting southwest, then turning south through the afternoon. Mostly clear skies in the morning, increasing with the wind shift south. Could be another nice spring raptor migration flight day. We'll see what these winds do.

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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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