[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (07 May 2020) 48 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 07, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	1
Turkey Vulture	0	0	557
Osprey	8	127	374
Bald Eagle	1	5	88
Northern Harrier	1	19	56
Sharp-shinned Hawk	4	413	745
Cooper's Hawk	0	12	56
Northern Goshawk	0	0	6
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	1	65
Broad-winged Hawk	27	1691	2438
Red-tailed Hawk	2	8	132
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	2	105	240
Merlin	2	16	74
Peregrine Falcon	1	6	7
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	11
Unknown Buteo	0	1	6
Unknown Falcon	0	1	5
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	6	20
Total:	48	2411	4882

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

Visitors:
23 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Another case of actual and predicted conditions not lining up. Winds did just about whatever they wanted today. Quite a bit of sunshine in the morning, clouds increasing thereafter. Moderate winds in the morning out of the north, lightening up a little but becoming more variable mid-day, before shifting east, then southeast and picking up speed through the afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
Slow day on the mountain, with migration activity as variable as the wind. There was, however, a decent spread of species diversity. Most birds in the early parts of the day were observed at a distance from the summit, while the afternoon offered quite a few closer views.

Non-raptor Observations:
37 species were observed from the summit. Individuals deemed migrating included: 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 4 Chimney Swifts 5 Barn Swallows 24 Tree Swallows 21 Double-crested Cormorant

Predictions:
Sunshine in the morning with increasing clouds through the afternoon. Winds are expected to be moderate out of the west shifting southwest through the afternoon. Forecasts predict precipitation the hold of until the end of the day with chances increasing through the evening. If winds behave we may see some migration activity tomorrow.

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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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