Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 10, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 51 60 Osprey 0 2 3 Bald Eagle 0 1 28 Northern Harrier 0 1 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 9 17 Cooper's Hawk 1 25 36 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 4 42 176 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 6 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 1 9 Golden Eagle 0 2 5 American Kestrel 0 44 66 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 5 Prairie Falcon 0 1 15 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 1 5 9 Unknown Buteo 0 19 28 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 1 1 Unknown Raptor 0 5 8 Total: 11 216 477 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Roger Rouch Observers: Bill Wuerthele Visitors: None. Only one hardy trail runner on the trail. Weather: Cold(!) with temperatures rising from -10C to -7C. Mild winds from the east 0 to 1 Bft. Mostly sunny in the morning to partly cloudy in the afternoon. A beautiful post snow day with hoar frost and snow on the ponderosa pines and big snow pillows on the junipers. Raptor Observations: Slow but steady observations of migrating raptors through the day. Turkey Vulture were generally below the ridge and east. Other migrating raptors moderately high over Dino Ridge and a few over the western ridge line. Local raptors included Golden Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, and a few Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Also seen were Common Raven, Black-billed Magpie, American Robin, Townsend's Solitaire, and an interesting group of Northern Flicker numbering 15 or more that strafed the ridge north to south about mid-day. Coyotes were heard howling to the west and a group of three were sighted in Matthews-Winter Park. Predictions: Muddy. ======================================================================== 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
