[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (18 Mar 2022) 57 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 18, 2022
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	7	67	67
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	5	37	37
Northern Harrier	0	5	5
Sharp-shinned Hawk	4	12	12
Cooper's Hawk	2	9	9
Northern Goshawk	0	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	16	58	58
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	20	71	71
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	2	2
Merlin	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	2
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	1	1	1
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	1	1	1
Total:	57	268	268

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Zane Baker
Observers:	Dave Fensore, Derek Lovitch, Jessica Costa, Mathew Gilbert, Rick Hartzell, Tim Paul, Tom Downing

Visitors:
With the nice weather came many more parkgoers with 20 showing up to the count site.

Weather:
What a spectacular weather day! Temps climbed up into the low sixties with abundant sunshine. Morning clouds parted fairly early and returned late in the day. Wind was light but picked up by the final hour, from the southeast. A very pleasant day but a bit of a tease I'm afraid.

Raptor Observations:
I thought today was going to produce more birds than it did. It was well over an hour before I spotted a raptor of any kind. A little surprising given the plentiful sun. Eagles were yet again giving some difficulty with determining their intentions regarding migration, with many birds spotted throughout the day, often in groups of five or six diving on each other, talons out. Rarely did we see Eagles flying point to point in a south to north fashion.

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much movement from song birds or geese. We did however have two more Sandhill Cranes pass by in the afternoon. They were spotted to our west and slowly made their way behind the mountain to the north, providing pretty good looks. 27 species were seen or heard today

Predictions:
Rain appears to be on the way, starting early tomorrow morning, bringing some gusty winds as well from the east and northeast. That doesn't sound promising and it could be a washout. If the predictions are wrong and it lets up, I'll be up, looking for 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
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