Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 6

There are not enough superlatives to describe this past week at the hawkwatch. On 4/19, 2712 hawks were counted, smashing the previous record high daily count by 898 birds! That one day also eclipsed the entire season total for 2007 and 2011. But, it didn’t stop there. On 3 additional days, we posted totals of 723, 369, and 140. As of 4/25, the 2025 total to date sat at 6017. Five more birds will break the all time record. With pouring rain today, will it happen Sunday? Stay tuned.   

Week 6 Totals (current week - total to date – season average)  

BLACK VULTURE  0-5-1

TURKEY VULTURE  0-614-403  

OSPREY 123-279-404

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0   

MISSISSIPPI KITE   0-0-0   

BALD EAGLE 20-76-80

NORTHERN HARRIER 34-116-106

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 300-490-660

COOPER’S HAWK 12-35-69

AMERICAN GOSHAWK 0-2-6      

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 11-68-89

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 3132-3707-1773

SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0

RED-TAILED HAWK 6-83-209

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-1

GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0       

AMERICAN KESTREL 342-448-354

MERLIN 30-42-70

PEREGRINE FALCON 2-3-6

UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 28-49-47  

TOTAL 4040-6017-4277