Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 4

We were dodging more rain and snow this week, with only 2 days completed for the full 8 hours. The pick of the week was 4/10 with 123 hawks counted on some SW winds and at least partly sunny skies. Our first Broad-winged Hawks were spotted on 4/9. The first-of-year Pine Warbler on 4/11 is always a nice sign of the changing of the seasons, even though it is still snowing!

Week 4 Totals (current week - total to date – season average)  

BLACK VULTURE  0-5-1

TURKEY VULTURE  49-588-403  

OSPREY 28-45-404

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0   

MISSISSIPPI KITE   0-0-0   

BALD EAGLE 4-52-80

NORTHERN HARRIER 16-52-106

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 32-66-660

COOPER’S HAWK 0-17-69

AMERICAN GOSHAWK 0-2-6      

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 2-53-89

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 8-8-1773

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 5-70-209

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-1

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0       

AMERICAN KESTREL 20-40-354

MERLIN 4-7-70

PEREGRINE FALCON 0-0-6

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 1-7-47  

 TOTAL 168-1012-4277