Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (13 May 2021) 15 Raptors

[Derek Lovitch]

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 13, 2021
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	0	603
Osprey	0	106	386
Bald Eagle	3	16	121
Northern Harrier	1	18	91
Sharp-shinned Hawk	4	232	731
Cooper's Hawk	0	15	97
Northern Goshawk	0	2	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	5	128
Broad-winged Hawk	4	518	1921
Red-tailed Hawk	1	17	174
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	1	52	330
Merlin	1	18	66
Peregrine Falcon	0	2	12
Unknown Accipiter	0	2	12
Unknown Buteo	0	1	9
Unknown Falcon	0	3	7
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	9	44
Total:	15	1016	4738

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

Visitors:
11 visitors today.

Weather:
Beautiful day up at the summit. Hot and sunny! Temps peaked at 72 F, but it felt much warmer. Winds fairly weak out of the northwest. Picked up a few blackfly bites.

Raptor Observations:
Another slow day!

Non-raptor Observations:
Not much flying today. 10 Tree Swallows, 6 Barn Swallows, and 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrating. 30 species detected from the summit. Female Baltimore Oriole (FOS) sang briefly at the summit and then flew away this morning.

Predictions:
Tomorrow is the 2nd-to-last day of the 2021 season. Tomorrow will be hot with weak northwest winds. Partly cloudy. Keep an eye on Saturday, it's looking pretty good!

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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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