Bradbury Mountain State ParkPownal, Maine, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 21, 2023 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 190 | 500 |
| Osprey | 15 | 208 | 208 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 9 | 46 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 46 | 70 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 19 | 163 | 183 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | 16 | 49 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 131 | 1312 | 1312 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 13 | 64 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 8 | 202 | 210 |
| Merlin | 3 | 25 | 32 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Unknown Buteo | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| Total: | 186 | 2222 | 2728 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Zane Baker |
| Observers: | Amanda Petry, Dave Fensore, Dick Baker, Jim Pinfold, Lionel Quirion, Ted Michalek |
Visitors:The park was busy but not too many people stopped by the count. At one point in the morning I counted 57 people at the summit. 9 official visitors
Weather:Cloud cover pushed out during the morning hours, leaving brilliant blue skies. Later in the afternoon was a mix of clouds and sun. Temps stayed on the cooler side today, only getting into the low 50's. Winds stayed relatively light and were variable at the summit. The afternoon had steadier ESE and SSE ocean breezes.
Raptor Observations:This turned out to be a better day than expected. Birds were on similar flight paths today. Most of our time was spent facing W and NW with many birds heading directly overhead. In the afternoon breeze we were getting some Broad-wings coming at us from the NW. For some reason we counted more Coops than usual. I hope our local bird wasn't making high passes back and forth. In the mid afternoon a very dark and relatively small and flat winged bird came at us in a glide from the W. It was a second Black Vulture for the season. The lighting wasn't the best but it was good enough to see plumage coloration and patterns.
Non-raptor Observations:Still not much to report. The summit was pretty quiet all day. Nice views of a Palm Warbler in the morning light added a little color to the landscape. 23 species were seen or heard today.
Predictions:Tomorrow looks like it will be similar to today with clouds and sun and less than ideal winds from the ESE with possible gusting in the afternoon. There is rain in the forecast but I'm not sure it is close enough to affect the flight tomorrow.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (
freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
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