Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 28, 2024 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 355 628 Osprey 0 381 382 Bald Eagle 0 20 42 Northern Harrier 0 125 137 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 358 376 Cooper's Hawk 0 16 28 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 8 30 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1186 1186 Red-tailed Hawk 0 19 49 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 3 292 292 Merlin 2 39 45 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 9 9 Unknown Buteo 0 4 4 Unknown Falcon 0 10 11 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 14 14 Total: 11 2838 3236
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, Jim Pinfold
Visitors:
People scattered pretty quickly with the pop-up shower but later started to come out again like the Munchkins realizing the Wicked Witch has been dispatched. It really was no miracle, what happened was just this The wind began to switch...
Weather:
Today was not at all what I was expecting or prepared for. At the start there was a very small amount of blue sky way way off to the E, and to the W the skies were getting darker by the minute. By the second hour rain had started to fall which later turned to drizzle but lasted about 2hrs. Wind speeds from the SSE also increased and dropped the mid 40 degree temps down a little. Once the skies dried up there were some hints of blue sky momentarily before becoming totally overcast again and for the remainder of the day. The afternoon was mostly dead calm with a little fog in the distance but overall excellent visibility.
Raptor Observations:
What a weird day it was. Nothing was really moving out ahead of the fast approaching rain, nor was there much activity from the local crowd. Immediately post rain some of the resident Broad-wings took to the sky and sounded off for a few minutes as they took laps around the summit, but an hour later the skies were mostly empty again. I only saw one Eagle briefly today, which is unusual since they can be found at almost any time during the day. We did get really nice looks at a Merlin in the pm hours along with a very close Osprey carrying it's catch.
Non-raptor Observations:
Birds were laying low today and I was struggling to hear anything singing and it was even more difficult to get eyes on birds. 23 species were eventually identified from the summit today.
Predictions:
Should I bother? I'm being told it should be sunny and in the 60's with a NNW wind, gusting at times. I hope to beat today's numbers.
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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