Today was a big day for Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawk migration! 33 accipiters flew past Dinosaur Ridge. In the afternoon when the wind became quite strong the accipiters would pop up at the south point of the ridge and be past almost too soon to focus binoculars on them.
Two Peregrine Falcons passed, one in the morning and one in the evening. There was also one Golden Eagle, one juvenile Bald Eagle and one Osprey. Only 3 Red-tailed Hawks passed with apparent intent to migrate. A local Harlan's Hawk visited twice while hunting. Also interesting, there were 2 Mountain Lion tracks in the snow right next to where I stood all day watching for hawks. At least 60 elk dozed and grazed on the mountain to the west of the hawkwatch site. Paul Slingsby --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
