Broad-winged Hawk
There was just a spectacular hawk flight on May 5th at Brockway Mountain. We tallied in 2528 east-bound raptors, as well as 123 Common Loons. 15 Bohemian Waxwings were nice to see and getting a touch on the late side for them to still be around.
Raptor-wise the highlights were 2 SWAINSON’S HAWKS (1 light morph and 1 dark morph), 3 dark-morph “western” Red-tails and the season’s 2nd(!) near full albino Red-tail. Of course the 1600+ Broad-winged Hawks were pretty awesome too.
dark morph Swainson's Hawk
The numbers from the day-
Turkey Vulture- 79
Osprey- 4
Bald Eagle- 27
Northern Harrier- 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk- 614
Broad-winged Hawk- 1643
SWAINSON’S HAWK- 2 (1 light juvie, 1 dark adult)
Red-tailed Hawk- 108 (including 3 dark morphs, and 1 near complete albino bird)
Rough-legged Hawk- 16
Golden Eagle- 1
American Kestrel- 27
Merlin- 1
Peregrine Falcon- 2
partial albino Red-tailed Hawk
a dark morph "Western" Red-tailed Hawk
Common Loon
