Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 3

This was a pretty slow week for hawkwatching. Snow and rain kept us off the mountain for the majority of the last 3 days of March. Improvements in the weather for the latter half of the week resulted in 2 good days of hawk counting, however winds remained out of the less favorable north or east. Black Vultures were seen on 2 days - one on 4/2 and 3 on 4/4 (photo above), for a new season record (already) of 5! A few more Sandhill Cranes and good movements of Common Grackles and Tree Swallows were also witnessed this week.

Week 3 Totals (current week - total to date – season average)  

BLACK VULTURE  4-5-1

TURKEY VULTURE  56-539-403  

OSPREY 16-17-404

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0   

MISSISSIPPI KITE   0-0-0   

BALD EAGLE 5-48-80

NORTHERN HARRIER 19-36-106

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 15-34-660

COOPER’S HAWK 3-17-69

AMERICAN GOSHAWK 0-2-6      

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 3-51-89

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 0-0-1773

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 2-65-209

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-1

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0       

AMERICAN KESTREL 11-20-354

MERLIN 1-3-70

PEREGRINE FALCON 0-0-6

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 1-6-47  

TOTAL 137-844-4277