[Maine-birds] Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (17 Apr 2023) Raptors

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 17, 2023
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	0	190	500
Osprey	0	122	122
Bald Eagle	0	7	44
Northern Harrier	0	40	64
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	102	122
Cooper's Hawk	0	7	18
Northern Goshawk	0	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	13	46
Broad-winged Hawk	0	72	72
Red-tailed Hawk	0	10	61
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	169	177
Merlin	0	17	24
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	3
Unknown Accipiter	0	3	5
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	3	3
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	7	9
Total:	0	765	1271

(No count conducted today)


Weather:
The mountain appeared to have been erased from the landscape due to thick fog which hung around all day. Off and on drizzle wasn't helping matters. No counting occurred as a result of inclement conditions.

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:


Predictions:
Rain should be moving out during the night, leaving us with dryer and partly cloudy conditions but maybe a small chance of an afternoon shower. Temps will be in the 50's. A glimmer of hope for some birds with wind predictions claiming we'll get some SW at 10-15mph. Maybe some gusting in the afternoon. This looks like a good change.

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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
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]

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