[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (02 Apr 2021) 32 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 02, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	12	15	524
Osprey	0	0	3
Bald Eagle	3	3	49
Northern Harrier	0	0	14
Sharp-shinned Hawk	5	5	32
Cooper's Hawk	1	1	35
Northern Goshawk	0	0	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	3	70
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	1	1	94
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	3	3	23
Merlin	0	0	8
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	3
Unknown Accipiter	0	0	4
Unknown Buteo	1	1	4
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	4	4	11
Total:	32	36	877

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Jim Pinfold

Visitors:
7 visitors today.

Weather:
Chilly start to the morning. Thermal distortion made raptor ID challenging for the first half of the day. Mostly moderate northwest winds today.

Raptor Observations:
Pretty slow today, but we at a few birds to look at.

Non-raptor Observations:
No migrating non-raptors were observed today! A total of 16 species were detected from the summit, including a calling Barred Owl. The male Junco that hangs out at the summit was seen with a female this morning, best of luck to them this spring!

Predictions:
More winds out of the northwest tomorrow, temps will be slightly higher but not by much. Skies will be mostly clear. Tomorrow probably wont be record-breaking, but we'll definitely count some migrating raptors.

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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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