Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 3

Winds started out with chilly southerly seabreezes at the beginning of the week, then shifted to a more northerly/northwesterly direction for the second half. Just a little bit of precipitation kept us off the mountain for a few hours. One more push of Turkey Vultures on 3/31 gave us a 142 bird day. An immature Northern Goshawk on 4/4 added some excitement. We also had a few really nice looks at male Northern Harriers this week too. Surprisingly, not many non-raptors were moving. One good flight of American Robins, and our first-of year Eastern Phoebe were highlights.

Week 3 Totals (current week - total to date - 2020 total)

BLACK VULTURE 0-2-1

TURKEY VULTURE 196-539-557

OSPREY 2-3-401

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0

MISSISSIPPI KITE 0-0-0

BALD EAGLE 10-52-89

NORTHERN HARRIER 7-15-58

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 15-37-776

COOPER’S HAWK 8-35-56

NORTHERN GOSHAWK 1-2-6

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 9-72-65

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 0-0-2531

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 12-98-136

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-0

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0

AMERICAN KESTREL 16-28-249

MERLIN 1-9-79

PEREGRINE FALCON 1-3-8

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 8-20-45

TOTAL 292-915-5057