Fwd: Bradbury Mountain State Park (30 Mar 2023) 3 Raptors

[Derek Lovitch]

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal, Maine, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 30, 2023
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	3	240	240
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	0	35	35
Northern Harrier	0	14	14
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	16	16
Cooper's Hawk	0	9	9
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	31	31
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	0	47	47
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	5	5
Merlin	0	4	4
Peregrine Falcon	0	1	1
Unknown Accipiter	0	1	1
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	1	1
Total:	3	404	404

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	16:00:00
Total observation time:	8 hours
Official Counter	Zane Baker
Observers:	Dick Baker

Visitors:
9 visitors today.

Weather:
I'm glad the sun was shining the entire day, which helped provide enough heat to keep the shivering at bay. Temps hovered just above and below the freezing mark. The wind, it was blowin'. Every once in a while there were a few seconds of calm, then bam! the wind would smack you like getting hit by a queen sized mattress. I somehow avoided any optic or clipboard mishaps. Overall frustrating but at least it wasn't also cloudy and raining.

Raptor Observations:
3 of a kind, read 'em and weep. The bigger birds like TV's and Eagles were having some trouble keeping an even keel. A pair of local Red-tails, with their ability to kite into the wind handled the conditions like a champ.

Non-raptor Observations:
About 70 southbound Common Grackles started the day. I only saw 6 Canada Geese attempting to move inland, slightly north. It was pretty quiet at the summit except for brief appearances by Hawkwatch Junco and an Eastern Phoebe who tested out a few different perches before retreating to shelter.

Predictions:
We should be back to actually hawk counting tomorrow. The forecast looks interesting with some SW winds throughout the morning and maybe shifting slightly S. Increasing clouds during the count period along with a chance of rain developing in the evening might have birds moving out ahead of the next storm system. Temps should be mild in the low 40's.

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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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