[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (08 May 2021) 19 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 08, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	0	603
Osprey	9	81	361
Bald Eagle	0	4	109
Northern Harrier	0	10	83
Sharp-shinned Hawk	5	207	706
Cooper's Hawk	1	7	89
Northern Goshawk	0	2	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	3	126
Broad-winged Hawk	2	487	1890
Red-tailed Hawk	1	9	166
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	39	317
Merlin	0	14	62
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:	19	879	4601

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

Visitors:
13 visitors at the summit today. 3 horses today.

Weather:
Overcast all day. Winds extremely calm but out of the NE generally. Temps peaked at 54 F.

Raptor Observations:
Very slow! Ospreys were the most numerous migrant today.

Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptor deemed migratory: -Yellow-rumped Warbler: 14 -Tree Swallow: 4 -Eastern Kingbird: 1 (FOS) -Pine Siskin: 1 -American Goldfinch:1 -Common Loon: 1 -**Sandhill Crane**: 3 A total of 28 species were detected from the summit.

Predictions:
Temps peaking in the mid 60's. Winds will start out of the northwest but will switch to the southwest around lunch time. Skies will start blue but will increase in cloudiness throughout the day.

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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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