Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 3 36 39 Osprey 1 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 0 25 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 12 17 Cooper's Hawk 8 18 33 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 10 45 175 Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 9 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 8 Golden Eagle 0 1 8 American Kestrel 15 25 39 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2 Prairie Falcon 0 1 6 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 2 7 9 Unknown Buteo 1 4 9 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Total: 45 155 387 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Paul Slingsby Observers: Claude Vallieres, Mike Ramee, Tom Dennehy Visitors: Six Tuesday Birders visited from 10 am to 1 pm, MDT. Martha Eubanks and Sally Haas helped from 9 am to noon. Mike Foster helped for a while at mid-day. Kathryn Dins was very helpful spotting hawks from 9 am to 1 pm. A very active and congenial group of bird, bug and hawk enthusiasts. Weather: A calm, cloudless, warm day with unlimited visibility was very welcome by all. Raptor Observations: Local Red-tailed Hawks and many migrating hawks obviously were enjoying this day. Most migrating hawks flew north close to Dinosaur Ridge. A few soared very high before gliding north, nearly beyond binocular visibility. Non-raptor Observations: All of the usual birds were active. The newcomers were 28 White-throated Swifts, a few Violet-green Swallows and a White-breasted Nuthatch. Mountain Bluebirds seem to continue migrating past Dinosaur Ridge. ======================================================================== 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/20140409190258.9447.qmail%40taiga.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
