Bradbury Mountain State ParkPownal, Maine, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: May 13, 2023 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 500 |
| Osprey | 0 | 26 | 277 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 16 | 69 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 6 | 82 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 72 | 383 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 6 | 38 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 4 | 54 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 129 | 2016 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 10 | 76 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 2 | 18 | 269 |
| Merlin | 0 | 15 | 67 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| Total: | 4 | 312 | 3877 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Zane Baker |
| Observers: | Biz Houghton, Dick Baker, Jen Baker, Nate Johnson |
Visitors:26 Visitors stopped by today, along with a fitting and unexpected playing of Bob Seger's Against The Wind.
Weather:Another nice sunny day with barely any clouds. Temps got just into the 70's. Winds were very strong at times today and blowing in mostly from the W and NW.
Raptor Observations:With the winds and no cloud cover for most of the day the spotting was tough, however I don't think there was much moving that was missed. Locals were hunkered down or on nests. It was a very uneventful day as we wind down for the season.
Non-raptor Observations:There wasn't much excitement or new species for the day's list today. It seemed as though birds had moved off overnight and not much else had come in. The windy conditions didn't help when it came to hearing song and many birds just weren't singing anyway. We did scrounge for a total of 30 species and northbound birds included: 16Tree Swallows 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (that was cool) 5 Solitary Sandpipers 1 Eastern Kingbird
Predictions:Oof! More NW winds at 10-15 and slightly cooler temps, in the mid 60's. Skies should be pretty clear again, making for tough spotting conditions. We shall see.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (
freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
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