Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (07 Apr 2021) 19 Raptors

[Derek Lovitch]

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 07, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	10	59	568
Osprey	2	3	6
Bald Eagle	2	18	64
Northern Harrier	0	1	15
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	15	42
Cooper's Hawk	0	3	37
Northern Goshawk	0	1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	6	73
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	2	22	115
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	10	30
Merlin	0	1	9
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	3
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	5
Unknown Buteo	0	1	4
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	7	14
Total:	19	148	989

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Andrew Sharp
Observers:	Don Thompson

Visitors:
9 visitors today, including a kind woman who left me a tangerine and an apple:)

Weather:
Today was a day of adding and removing layers as the sun came out and then quickly disappeared over and over. Winds started out of the northwest and slowly rotated to the northeast over the course of the day.

Raptor Observations:
Today was quite slow. 2 Ospreys were the highlight of the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
Today was an interesting day for non-raptor migrants, with flyby Evening Grosbeaks (3) probably being the highlight. Besides the grosbeaks, non-raptor migrants are as follows: -Common Loon (FOS, 8) -Common Merganser (9) -Shorebird Spp. (FOS, 1) -Great Blue Heron (4) -Pine Warbler (FOS, 1) -Tree Swallow (6) -Duck Spp. (20) -Canada Goose (120)

Predictions:
Tomorrow isn't looking incredibly promising, with winds starting out of the north and then rotating to the east. Skies will be partly cloudy.

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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
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]

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