Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 5
- Freeport Wild Bird Supply
- Apr 19
- 1 min read
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