Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 3

What a dismal week. Two weather systems, including one low pressure storm that spun off the coast for 2 days, cancelled the count entirely for 3 full days. With one other partial day, we only got in 3 complete days of observation. 4/4 was the best day with light north/northeast winds and sunshine to give us 22 migrating hawks (still mostly Turkey Vultures). Our first Osprey passed through on 4/1. As expected, not much else seemed to be moving either.

Week 3 Totals (current week - total to date - 2019 total)

BLACK VULTURE 0-0-0

TURKEY VULTURE 39-292-573

OSPREY 1-1-433

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0

MISSISSIPPI KITE 0-0-0

BALD EAGLE 1-75-78

NORTHERN HARRIER 0-4-152

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 4-22-621

COOPER’S HAWK 2-9-70

NORTHERN GOSHAWK 0-2-3

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 0-47-98

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 0-0-3041

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 2-76-192

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-2

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0

AMERICAN KESTREL 0-2-494

MERLIN 0-2-88

PEREGRINE FALCON 0-0-3

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 0-10-42

TOTAL 49-542-5890