Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 7
A strong beginning and strong end to the week bookended a stretch of frustratingly windy and gusty days. On days when conditions were not necessarily ideal for migration, birds just had to move and we had a couple of fun days of 100+ and 200+ hawks. The very windy days kept birds on the down low, however. Merlins made a good showing this week, with quite a few zipping by the summit pretty close. Kettles of Broad-winged Hawks helped pad our season total for that species. Most non-raptors did not seem to brave the winds either, but we saw our first Chimney Swifts and Magnolia Warblers. One Sandhill Crane was spotted on 5/1.
Week 7 Totals (current week - total to date - 2021 total)
BLACK VULTURE 0-1-2
TURKEY VULTURE 0-470-603
OSPREY 39-244-390
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE 0-0-0
MISSISSIPPI KITE 0-0-0
BALD EAGLE 5-85-127
NORTHERN HARRIER 3-76-91
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 89-523-736
COOPER’S HAWK 10-49-100
NORTHERN GOSHAWK 0-3-4
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 3–123-129
BROAD-WINGED HAWK 507-1461-1962
SWAINSON’S HAWK 0-0-0
RED-TAILED HAWK 3-133-180
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 0-0-0
GOLDEN EAGLE 0-0-0
AMERICAN KESTREL27-263-334
MERLIN 29-60–71
PEREGRINE FALCON 1-4-13
UNIDENTIFIED RAPTOR 5-30-75
TOTAL 721-3525-4817