Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 07, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 27 34 Osprey 0 3 4 Bald Eagle 0 2 35 Northern Harrier 0 1 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 5 17 Cooper's Hawk 5 21 34 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 8 82 242 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 10 Golden Eagle 0 1 13 American Kestrel 2 33 65 Merlin 0 0 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 1 3 12 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 2 7 7 Unknown Buteo 4 9 23 Unknown Falcon 2 10 12 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 3 Total: 30 204 519 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Cyndy Johnson Observers: Bill Wuerthele, Joel Chapa Visitors: 0 visitors today Weather: Very little wind/wind gusts today (compared to other days at hawk watch!). A lot of fog/haze this morning and continued into the afternoon. Clouds started building up over Mt. Morrison around noon and by the time we left it was very gray. Raptor Observations: Raptors were either very far away or right over head today. We did not have as many local RTHA dsiplaying today. We had 2 juvenile RTHA migrating through today, one late in the afternoon lumbered along Green Mountain and gave us a nice look. Non-raptor Observations: Black-billed Magpie (2), Western Meadowlark heard(1), Western Scrub-jay (1), Common Raven (1), American Crow (5), Spotted Towhee (1), Black-capped Chickadee (2), Western Bluebird (1) migrants- White-throated Swifts (3), Bluebird (4) I looked up what a 'flock' of Pelicans are called at-http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm We saw a POD, a SCOOP, a Platoon, a Squadron (we came up with the last two!) of 8 American White Pelicans, flying very high south. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (jeff.bi...@rmbo.org) 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 cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
