Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Visitors:
11 people visited the Hawkwatch today.
Weather:
Today turned out to be nicer than originally forecast. The sky was overcast, but temperatures in the 50s and light to moderate winds were relatively pleasant. Winds were easterly (shifting from north to south during the day).
Raptor Observations:
Despite the wind direction and precipitation to our south, we still had a decent day of counting migrants. One to two local pairs of Broad-winged Hawks were very active and vocal in front of the summit for a good portion of the afternoon. At one point, a Red-tailed Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, and Common Raven came by overhead, all tusseling with each other. Not sure who won that scuffle. Our 12th Peregrine Falcon was tallied today.
Non-raptor Observations:
47 species heard and/or seen from the summit today, but very few non-raptors were deemed migrating. Those were limited to just: 9 Yellow-rumped Warblers 7 Tree Swallows 6 Americn Goldfinches 6 Purple Finches 2 Commmon Loons 2 Double-crested Cormorants 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeeer
Predictions:
It does not look good. Unlike the last few storm systems, this area of low pressure does not appear to be passing to our south. We might even see a wire-to-wire washout. If not, light winds rotating between the southeast and northeast will allow the migrants who need to push through sub-optimal conditions to do so...like they did over the past two days.
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]
| Daily Raptor Counts: May 04, 2021 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 603 |
| Osprey | 6 | 42 | 322 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 3 | 108 |
| Northern Harrier | 3 | 8 | 81 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 31 | 161 | 660 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 4 | 6 | 88 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | 2 | 125 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 24 | 454 | 1857 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 6 | 163 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 23 | 301 |
| Merlin | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| Total: | 70 | 724 | 4446 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch |
| Observers: | Dave Fensore, Zane Baker |
Visitors:
11 people visited the Hawkwatch today.
Weather:
Today turned out to be nicer than originally forecast. The sky was overcast, but temperatures in the 50s and light to moderate winds were relatively pleasant. Winds were easterly (shifting from north to south during the day).
Raptor Observations:
Despite the wind direction and precipitation to our south, we still had a decent day of counting migrants. One to two local pairs of Broad-winged Hawks were very active and vocal in front of the summit for a good portion of the afternoon. At one point, a Red-tailed Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, and Common Raven came by overhead, all tusseling with each other. Not sure who won that scuffle. Our 12th Peregrine Falcon was tallied today.
Non-raptor Observations:
47 species heard and/or seen from the summit today, but very few non-raptors were deemed migrating. Those were limited to just: 9 Yellow-rumped Warblers 7 Tree Swallows 6 Americn Goldfinches 6 Purple Finches 2 Commmon Loons 2 Double-crested Cormorants 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeeer
Predictions:
It does not look good. Unlike the last few storm systems, this area of low pressure does not appear to be passing to our south. We might even see a wire-to-wire washout. If not, light winds rotating between the southeast and northeast will allow the migrants who need to push through sub-optimal conditions to do so...like they did over the past two days.
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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