Steady west winds to 20 km/hr made us grateful for the old juniper providing cover atop the Hawk Watch today. The first hour (10 individuals) was the best as a quick stream of unaided eye Red-tails, an adult Sharpie, and an adult Golden Eagle passed directly overhead. Only 14 more birds were seen the rest of the survey period. Overall 24 migrant raptors were seen, of 6 identifiable species, and 3 identified to genus. Other migrants today included a Tree Swallow, three White- throated Swifts, and eight Mountain Bluebirds. No Juniper Titmouse. Spring beauties were blooming on the east facing slope. Great help and company from all observers today, thank you! --Scott
RMBO volunteers: Roger Rouch, Scott Severs Other observers: Jim Schmoker, Robert Spaul (from HawkWatch Int.), Dan Saxton, Callie Shaw View the historical records for Dinosaur Ridge at: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=123 Location: Dinosaur Ridge and hawkwatch site Observation date: 4/3/10 Number of species: 22 Turkey Vulture 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Accipiter sp. 1 Red-tailed Hawk 18 (5 local) Golden Eagle 1 American Kestrel 1 (local) Prairie Falcon 2 (1 local) Rock Pigeon 4 White-throated Swift 3 Northern Flicker 2 Western Scrub-Jay 2 Black-billed Magpie 4 American Crow 11 Common Raven 12 Tree Swallow 1 Mountain Chickadee 1 Bushtit 2 Mountain Bluebird 8 American Robin 2 Western Meadowlark 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Pine Siskin 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Scott Severs Longmont -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
