Fw: Bradbury Mountain State Park (13 May 2023) 4 Raptors

[Derek and Jeannette Lovitch]

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 13, 2023
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	2
Turkey Vulture	0	0	500
Osprey	0	26	277
Bald Eagle	1	16	69
Northern Harrier	0	6	82
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	72	383
Cooper's Hawk	1	6	38
Northern Goshawk	0	0	2
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	4	54
Broad-winged Hawk	0	129	2016
Red-tailed Hawk	0	10	76
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	1	1
American Kestrel	2	18	269
Merlin	0	15	67
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	4
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	8
Unknown Buteo	0	3	4
Unknown Falcon	0	0	4
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	5	21
Total:	4	312	3877

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Zane Baker
Observers:	Biz Houghton, Dick Baker, Jen Baker, Nate Johnson

Visitors:
26 Visitors stopped by today, along with a fitting and unexpected playing of Bob Seger's Against The Wind.

Weather:
Another nice sunny day with barely any clouds. Temps got just into the 70's. Winds were very strong at times today and blowing in mostly from the W and NW.

Raptor Observations:
With the winds and no cloud cover for most of the day the spotting was tough, however I don't think there was much moving that was missed. Locals were hunkered down or on nests. It was a very uneventful day as we wind down for the season.

Non-raptor Observations:
There wasn't much excitement or new species for the day's list today. It seemed as though birds had moved off overnight and not much else had come in. The windy conditions didn't help when it came to hearing song and many birds just weren't singing anyway. We did scrounge for a total of 30 species and northbound birds included: 16Tree Swallows 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (that was cool) 5 Solitary Sandpipers 1 Eastern Kingbird

Predictions:
Oof! More NW winds at 10-15 and slightly cooler temps, in the mid 60's. Skies should be pretty clear again, making for tough spotting conditions. We shall see.

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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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