[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (09 May 2021) 58 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 09, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	0	603
Osprey	5	86	366
Bald Eagle	5	9	114
Northern Harrier	4	14	87
Sharp-shinned Hawk	12	219	718
Cooper's Hawk	3	10	92
Northern Goshawk	0	2	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	4	127
Broad-winged Hawk	13	500	1903
Red-tailed Hawk	5	14	171
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	9	48	326
Merlin	1	15	63
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	12
Unknown Accipiter	0	2	12
Unknown Buteo	0	1	9
Unknown Falcon	0	3	7
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	8	43
Total:	58	937	4659

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Dave Fensore, Derek Lovitch, Jeannette Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Zane Baker

Visitors:
16 visitors today. 1 suspected Mother's Day balloon was seen floating away over Pownal.

Weather:
Another stunning day up at the summit. Skies were blue with billowing white clouds. Temps peaked at 70 F. Winds were moderate out of the NW, but rotated 180 degrees around to the SE by the end of the day.

Raptor Observations:
Slow-ish, but not bad, day. Broad-wings and sharpies still coming through. We're starting to see some young birds of species we really haven't seen in a while come though, like Red-shouldered and Cooper's hawks. 2 Northern Harriers were seen moving south, not sure what that's about.

Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptors deemed migratory are as follows: -American Goldfinch: 5 -Tree Swallow: 15 -Cliff Swallow: 1 -Bank Swallow: 2 (FOS) -Barn Swallow: 2 -Double-crested Cormorant: 1 -Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1 A total of 39 species were detected from the summit, including FOS Northern Parula. bzzzzzzzzzSQEAK!. A brilliant male Blackburnian Warbler gave brief but good looks in the last minute of the count.

Predictions:
Tomorrow was looking like a rainy day but the precip has been downgraded. Small chance of rain in the morning. Winds starting out of the west but will rotate clockwise to the south over several hours. Mostly cloudy. Temps in high 50's. Winds will be weak.

---

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]

---