Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (07 May 2021) 90 Raptors

[Derek Lovitch]

From: rep...@hawkcount.org
Date: May 7, 2021 at 7:34:33 PM 

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 07, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	0	603
Osprey	12	72	352
Bald Eagle	0	4	109
Northern Harrier	2	10	83
Sharp-shinned Hawk	33	202	701
Cooper's Hawk	0	6	88
Northern Goshawk	0	2	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	2	125
Broad-winged Hawk	16	485	1888
Red-tailed Hawk	2	8	165
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	13	39	317
Merlin	7	14	62
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	12
Unknown Accipiter	1	2	12
Unknown Buteo	0	1	9
Unknown Falcon	3	3	7
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	1	8	43
Total:	90	860	4582

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Dave Fensore, Derek Lovitch, Jim Pinfold

Visitors:
The summit was weirdly quiet again considering the beautiful weather. 16 visitors, including a little kid with Batman bincocs(!!). 2 horses.

Weather:
Gorgeous day up at the summit. Blue skies, high of 63. Winds were quite calm (barely out of the NE/E) for the first half of the day. In the last 3 hours of the day, the winds rotated to the SSE and picked up.

Raptor Observations:
The first four hours were quite slow, the last 4 hours were quite lovely. Broad-wings seem to be dropping off compared to sharpies. Decent falcon flight in the 2nd half.

Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptors deemed migratory: -Red-wingEd Blackbird: 1 -Great Blue Heron: 2 -Tree Swallow: 3 -Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1 -Barn Swallow: 15 -Pine Siskin: 1 -Purple Finch: 2 -Yellow-rumped Warbler: 1 -American Goldfinch: 2 -Chimney Swift: 6 -Double-crested Cormorant: 1 40 species detected from the summit, including FOS Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black and White Warbler, and Blackburnian Warbler. Pine Warbler was seen collected nesting material :)

Predictions:
Mostly cloudy tomorrow. High in the mid-50's. Winds will be weak out of the northeast, but switching to the south later in the day.

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Report submitted by Jeannette Lovitch (freeport...@yahoo.com)
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