Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 02, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 8 15 Osprey 0 0 1 Bald Eagle 2 2 35 Northern Harrier 0 0 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 12 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 14 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 10 55 215 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 10 Golden Eagle 0 1 13 American Kestrel 3 11 43 Merlin 0 0 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 2 11 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 2 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 2 16 Unknown Falcon 0 6 8 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 3 Total: 21 91 406 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 13:15:00 Total observation time: 5.25 hours Official Counter: Scott Severs Observers: Lee Farrell, Robert Hill, Roger Rouch Visitors: Melinda Quiat and Steve Ford. Weather: Warm and breezy in the morning and warm with moderate and sometimes stronger wind the in the afternoon. Partly cloudy all day. Raptor Observations: Migrating raptors were mostly on the western side of the ridge and generally distant and high flying. Non-migrating raptors were a cooper's hawk, a golden eagle near Mt. Morrison, and about 8 redtail possibly resighted during the day. A pair of redtail over flat ridge were observed locking talons in a possible courtship display. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptor sightings included a few large groups of american robins and many individuals totally about 60 birds. 2 white-breasted nuthatch, 1 rock wren, 2 spotted towhee, 1 chipping sparrow, 3 dark-eyed junco, about 37 american crow, 6 northern flicker, 2 western scrub-jay, 1 western meadowlark, 2 bushtit, 1 townsend's solitaire, 1 blackbilled magpie, 1 brown creeper, 3 mountain chickadee, 3 western bluebird, 3 house finch, 3 common raven, and 1 pine siskin. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory ([email protected]) Dinosaur Ridge information may be found at: http://www.rmbo.org/ Site Description: Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawkwatch in Colorado and is the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Dinosaur Ridge may be the best place in the country to see the rare dark morph of the Broad-winged Hawk (a few are seen each spring). Hawkwatchers who linger long enough may see resident Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks and Prairie Falcons, in addition to migrating Swainson's, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures. Peregrine Falcons and Ferruginous Hawks are uncommon; Northern Goshawk is rare but regular. Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, and sometimes Bushtit, Western Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican or Dusky Grouse. Birders are always welcome. The hawkwatch is generally staffed by volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory from about 9 AM to around 4 PM from the first week of March to the first week of May. Directions to site: >From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow small signs from the south side of lot to hawkwatch site. The hike starts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, head through the gate, and walk to the clearly-visible, flat area at the crest of the ridge. -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
