Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 4

The first day of the week was a rain-out, and we had snow on day 3. However, the flights started to pick up for the second half of the week. Winds were gusty most days, ranging from the southeast around to northwest. Temperatures continued to remain below normal. The 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th were consistently good with 50-110 raptors counted. Our first Broad-winged Hawk showed up on 4/6 and numbers of Osprey and American Kestrel are ticking up. Several Bohemian Waxwings popped by the summit on 2 days which is always a treat.

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

BLACK VULTURE  0-0-1

TURKEY VULTURE  53-426-414    

OSPREY 70-81-400

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0   

MISSISSIPPI KITE   0-0-0   

BALD EAGLE 9-39–81

NORTHERN HARRIER 20-48–108

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 39-67–661

COOPER’S HAWK 2-20–68

AMERICAN GOSHAWK 0-2-6      

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 14-50–88

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 17-17-1888

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 9-50–202

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-1

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-1-0       

AMERICAN KESTREL 65-107–364

MERLIN 5-10–71

PEREGRINE FALCON 0-2-6

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 4-6-47  

TOTAL 307-926–4407