[Maine-birds] Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (22 Apr 2023) 33 Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 22, 2023
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	2	2
Turkey Vulture	0	190	500
Osprey	5	213	213
Bald Eagle	0	9	46
Northern Harrier	0	46	70
Sharp-shinned Hawk	4	167	187
Cooper's Hawk	0	13	24
Northern Goshawk	0	2	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	16	49
Broad-winged Hawk	16	1328	1328
Red-tailed Hawk	1	14	65
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	5	207	215
Merlin	2	27	34
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	3
Unknown Accipiter	0	5	7
Unknown Buteo	0	1	1
Unknown Falcon	0	3	3
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	11	13
Total:	33	2256	2762

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Zane Baker
Observers:	Biz Houghton, Chuck Barnes, Don Thompson, Tom Downing

Visitors:
29 visitors today.

Weather:
Mostly cloudy skies all day along with a steady breeze from the SSE kept conditions on the cooler side. Temperatures only scraped 50 degrees. Visibility was pretty good and improved later in the count.

Raptor Observations:
Winds likely kept our numbers on the low side today but I can't be certain that birds weren't being pushed further inland before reaching this far north. Again today, like yesterday many birds were coming at the mountain from the W and even NW at times, quartering into the wind. It was fairly slow today but we had a nice look at our local Cooper's Hawks. The last three hours of the day amounted to a big goose egg.

Non-raptor Observations:
Very little activity for northbound birds and birds around the summit. The highlight was a visit by 7 Cedar Waxwings which stayed around for a few minutes in the Oak trees right on the summit. Only a measly 20 species were seen or heard.

Predictions:
Tomorrow looks gross, honestly. There is a chance of rain and then rain likely in the afternoon along with higher winds from the ESE. Temps may only be in the mid 40's. If rain holds off maybe we can get in some counting and maybe birds will try to move out ahead of the wet weather. Will they fight the ESE winds to avoid the rain or hunker down?

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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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