Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 5

After the initial 2 days of complete shutout of the week, things finally started happening. Despite winds not always being ideal, birds were moving. The remaining 5 days of the week were good days of hawkwatching with our new season high on 4/18 with 557 counted. Broad-winged, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and Ospreys are all coming through in good numbers now. Our first Peregrine Falcon of the season was observed on 4/14. Among the first-of-years were Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, and Barn Swallow.

Week 5 Totals (current week - total to date – season average)  

BLACK VULTURE  0-5-1

TURKEY VULTURE  26-614-403  

OSPREY 111-156-404

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0   

MISSISSIPPI KITE   0-0-0   

BALD EAGLE 4-56-80

NORTHERN HARRIER 30-82-106

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 124-190-660

COOPER’S HAWK 6-23-69

AMERICAN GOSHAWK 0-2-6      

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 4-57-89

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 567-575-1773

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 7-77-209

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-1

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0       

AMERICAN KESTREL 66-106-354

MERLIN 5-12-70

PEREGRINE FALCON 1-1-6

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 14-21-47  

TOTAL 965-1977-4277