Bradbury Mountain State ParkPownal, Maine, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: May 07, 2022 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 470 |
| Osprey | 1 | 34 | 262 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 11 | 93 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 8 | 81 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 7 | 149 | 631 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 5 | 49 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 3 | 123 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 2 | 320 | 1553 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 3 | 136 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 56 | 296 |
| Merlin | 4 | 32 | 71 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| Total: | 14 | 629 | 3807 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Zane Baker |
| Observers: | Nate Johnson, Rich Fortin |
Visitors:24 visitors today. Trying to understand the human behavior that takes place on this summit is perplexing to me. I think we need a psychology, social behavior research project in conjunction with the hawkwatch. Anyway, I survived and I'm ready for the next one. Thanks to the help today for sticking it out.
Weather:It was a great sky for hawkwatching, with high wispy cirrus clouds lingering all day. The diffuse rays of the sun were reaching the summit helping to keep the temps mild, in the low 50's. Wind was not helpful for migration with morning breezes coming from the NE. Wind speeds were pretty stiff with some more powerful gusts. There was the occasional calm period which usually didn't last much longer than a minute or two. The winds eventually became more ENE with some SSE in the afternoon. Visibility was okay with a little haze and heat shimmer.
Raptor Observations:Slim pickings today. Local activity was fairly light from the Buteos and Accipiters. Eagles however were out in force all day long. Some of them were extremely high above, just barely visible. The highlight of the day was a Peregrine which appeared to be hunting. The bird was to our SSE and went into a stoop towards the trees before pulling up. It certainly didn't reach terminal velocity but it was still pretty cool. After the failed attempt the bird made a few low circles before making a speedy journey inland below the level of the summit to the W. Maybe this was the Portland bird out on the prowl.
Non-raptor Observations:3 Yellow-rumps, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 Goldfinch, and 2 Chimney Swifts were the only birds spotted heading north today. The summit was pretty quiet again. I was trying to turn distant calls into things they probably weren't in order to get a few more species on the day's list. 23 birds in total were seen or heard. Late morning, while answering some questions, a warbler popped up into the Oak tips directly in front of me. I was surprised to see it was a Cape May Warbler. I managed to snap a photo before it bounced to a few more trees then retreated to the woods to the N. Despite not seeing any birds for the last two hours, the Ravens kept me entertained as they flipped around and made wild vocalizations.
Predictions:I'm getting a little deja vu. More NE and E winds with some gusts in the 20's. Temps may be similar to today. We may have a little more sun tomorrow with some clouds mixed in.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (
freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
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