[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (04 May 2020) 135 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 04, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	1
Turkey Vulture	0	0	557
Osprey	2	107	354
Bald Eagle	0	4	87
Northern Harrier	6	18	55
Sharp-shinned Hawk	13	376	708
Cooper's Hawk	1	12	56
Northern Goshawk	0	0	6
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	1	65
Broad-winged Hawk	104	1587	2334
Red-tailed Hawk	1	5	129
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	5	101	236
Merlin	2	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	1	5	19
Total:	135	2234	4705

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Bob Dawson, Derek Lovitch, Don Thompson, Doug Boyd, Jim Pinfold

Visitors:
11 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Warm, cloudy day on the summit. Light northwest winds through most of the day, becoming more moderate in the mid-afternoon. Brief band of light rain passed around 1340 (EST) only lasting for about 15 minutes.

Raptor Observations:
Migration activity nowhere near as impressive as yesterday, but still a pretty good day. Most activity was observed before the rain arrived and wind speeds picked up.

Non-raptor Observations:
The morning mountain chorus of birdsong had quite a few more participants this morning, with a heavy passerine movement the previous night. 42 species were observed from the summit. Non-raptor individuals deemed migrating included: 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 swallow sp. 3 American Robins 5 Barn Swallows 5 American Black Ducks 9 Cedar Waxwings 49 Yellow-rumped Warblers 64 Tree Swallows

Predictions:
Slightly cooler on the summit than the past few days. Moderate northwest winds through the day. If winds are light enough we may see some birds moving.

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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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