Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 08, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 4 4 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 2 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 6 28 28 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 1 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 0 0 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 1 4 4 Unknown Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Total: 11 44 44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Cyndy Johnson, Mike Fernandez Observers: Cyndy Johnson, Janet Peters, Karen Fernandez Visitors: Only seven visitors to the platform today. Weather: Cloud cover started out darker and heavier than yesterday. There was an hour when we had some blue skies to the west. Then back to 100% cloud cover. Weather station: NOAA Lakewood. Raptor Observations: Migrating Raptors: Ferruginous Hawk was a dark morph. Most migrators appeared high over the western foothills. A few appeared out of the clouds overhead, already north of the ridge. Non-Migrating Raptors: 
BAEA-2. Local RTHA local (6) teased us with hints migration moves, then circled back, almost all were high over the western ridge. Non-raptor Observations: TOSO-2, DEJU-2 (pink-sided & slate-colored), BBMA-2, AMRO-1, CORA-14, WOSC-1, AMCR-2. Predictions: More BAEAs coming soon? ======================================================================== Report submitted by DAVID HILL ([email protected]) Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies information may be found at: http://www.birdconservancy.org/ More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=123 -- -- 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 * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2ddf1e42eb0f92bbc1321479f056879c%40hawkcount.org.
