Bradbury Mountain State ParkPownal, Maine, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 30, 2023 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 3 | 240 | 240 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Merlin | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total: | 3 | 404 | 404 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Zane Baker |
| Observers: | Dick Baker |
Visitors:9 visitors today.
Weather:I'm glad the sun was shining the entire day, which helped provide enough heat to keep the shivering at bay. Temps hovered just above and below the freezing mark. The wind, it was blowin'. Every once in a while there were a few seconds of calm, then bam! the wind would smack you like getting hit by a queen sized mattress. I somehow avoided any optic or clipboard mishaps. Overall frustrating but at least it wasn't also cloudy and raining.
Raptor Observations:3 of a kind, read 'em and weep. The bigger birds like TV's and Eagles were having some trouble keeping an even keel. A pair of local Red-tails, with their ability to kite into the wind handled the conditions like a champ.
Non-raptor Observations:About 70 southbound Common Grackles started the day. I only saw 6 Canada Geese attempting to move inland, slightly north. It was pretty quiet at the summit except for brief appearances by Hawkwatch Junco and an Eastern Phoebe who tested out a few different perches before retreating to shelter.
Predictions:We should be back to actually hawk counting tomorrow. The forecast looks interesting with some SW winds throughout the morning and maybe shifting slightly S. Increasing clouds during the count period along with a chance of rain developing in the evening might have birds moving out ahead of the next storm system. Temps should be mild in the low 40's.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (
freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
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