Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (05 Apr 2020) 197 Raptors

[Derek Lovitch]

Bradbury Mountain State Park

Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 05, 2020
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	164	189	456
Osprey	0	1	1
Bald Eagle	0	1	75
Northern Harrier	2	2	6
Sharp-shinned Hawk	9	11	31
Cooper's Hawk	3	5	12
Northern Goshawk	0	0	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	2	49
Broad-winged Hawk	1	1	1
Red-tailed Hawk	9	11	85
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	3	3	5
Merlin	3	3	5
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Accipiter	1	1	5
Unknown Buteo	0	0	3
Unknown Falcon	0	0	1
Unknown Eagle	0	0	1
Unknown Raptor	0	0	1
Total:	197	230	739

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Luke Fultz
Observers:	Derek Lovitch, Jim Pinfold, Mathew Gilbert

Visitors:
7 people visited the hawk watch today.

Weather:
Light southwest winds and abundant cloud cover for the first few hours of the count. Cloud cover diminished through the afternoon and winds turned southeast. A decent amount of haze on the horizon persisted through the day.

Raptor Observations:
Large movement of Turkey Vultures today. Multiple “kettles” forming and breaking off north were observed throughout the day. Although Turkey Vultures dominated the numbers today, we did have a good diversity of other birds moving, including the first Broad-winged Hawk of the season.

Non-raptor Observations:
A lot of non-raptor species moving about today, including a solid blackbird push. 37 species were observed from the summit. Individuals deemed migrant included: 52 Canada Geese 8 Common Mergansers 8 Duck sp. 2 Killdeer 6 Great Blue Herons 2 Eastern Phoebes 16 Tree Swallows 14 European Starlings 48 American Robins 4 Purple Finches 68 American Goldfinches 98 Red-winged Blackbirds 7 Brown-headed Cowbirds 508 Common Grackles 504 Blackbird sp.

Predictions:
Sunshine and relatively light northwest winds tomorrow. I believe we will still see birds migrating in this window between poor conditions last week and weather systems moving into the area Wednesday.

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Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeport...@yahoo.com)
Bradbury Mountain State Park information may be found at: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com/bradbury-mountain-hawkwatch
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