Bradbury Mountain State ParkPownal, Maine, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: May 05, 2024 |
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 628 |
| Osprey | 0 | 15 | 408 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 10 | 57 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 6 | 144 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 | 71 | 458 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 1 | 147 | 1358 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 11 | 305 |
| Merlin | 0 | 7 | 52 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Total: | 5 | 274 | 3568 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 5.67 hours |
| Official Counter | Zane Baker |
| Observers: | Biz Houghton, Dick Baker, Jen Baker, Jim Pinfold, Ted Michalek |
Visitors:8 visitors to the site but the park was very active.
Weather:Mostly cloudy with a few brief periods of sun in the morning, quickly becoming fully overcast. Winds started off pretty strong and were persistent from the SSE. Winds were strong enough at times to be leery of stepping too far away from the tripod. Temps remained in the low 50's and dropped a little by the early afternoon. The radar looked as though we might get shut out earlier than expected but most of the moisture was drying up or not falling as the edge of the storm system got to us. I started to pack up as the first showers started to fall a little while after noon. With my bags packed, ready to go, the skies started to dry out and I ended up staying another two hours, cuz I'm asposed to. Visibility was good up to closing time.
Raptor Observations:We did not have an epic flight of birds ahead of this rain storm. Pesky winds were much stronger earlier on than what I had hoped. Local Broad-wings spent a little time in the morning displaying and calling overhead. One BW was spotted right in front of the granite face of the summit, coming up from the trees carrying a fresh meal which I couldn't ID, but it had the appearance of a small fur covered rodent. With the southerly onshore winds it's questionable as to whether birds were being pushed farther inland before reaching us. I might go further and say almost nothing was trying to fly north in our area today.
Non-raptor Observations:Not a birdy morning at the summit. Only 17 species were seen or heard. A burning hot ember of a bird zipped by over the rocks this am and perched for everyone to see. 1 Blackburnian Warbler was the bright spot on this raw dreary day.
Predictions:The first SW breeze prediction I've seen for a long time should hit us tomorrow. Unfortunately we may have dense fog inhibiting our sight in the morning hours, which would be a real bummer. There is a slight chance of showers in the pm hours but it doesn't seem too threatening. Temps should be much nicer and in the 60's. I'm really curious what would happen at this point with just one good day of SW winds but that fog could throw a wrench into the works.
Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (
freeportwildbird@yahoo.com)
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