Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 18, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 6 265 291 Osprey 1 33 35 Bald Eagle 1 17 50 Northern Harrier 0 16 22 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 43 52 Cooper's Hawk 3 122 133 Northern Goshawk 1 5 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 13 13 Red-tailed Hawk 11 267 682 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 3 Swainson's Hawk 1 7 7 Ferruginous Hawk 0 9 63 Golden Eagle 0 5 33 American Kestrel 6 246 278 Merlin 0 10 14 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 12 Prairie Falcon 0 0 7 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 10 10 Unknown Buteo 2 7 13 Unknown Falcon 0 2 4 Unknown Eagle 0 3 3 Unknown Raptor 0 0 5 Total: 33 1085 1737 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Mike Fernandez Observers: Ben Jacques, Karen Fernandez, Mike Clark, Rick Olson Visitors: Fifteen visitors to the platform. Six asked about Hawkwatch. Two HW cards handed out. Ben has been giving them out at the Wild Birds Unlimited store and needs more. JCOS Park Ranger visited. Weather: Sunny, mostly calm with a hazy horizon, south & east. Weather App: Dark Sky. Raptor Observations: LOCAL: RTHA-4. GOEA-1. PRFA-1. COHA-3. TUVU-5. - MIGRATING: AMKE-3M, 3F. BAEA-Adult. RTHA-1 Light morph, 1 Juv. Non-raptor Observations: Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay (2). Black-billed Magpie (2). Rock Wren (1). Spotted Towhee (1). Common Raven (10). Townsend’s Solitaire (2). White-throated Swift (17). Violet-green Swallow (3). Say’s Phoebe (1). Mule deer (4 on the west slope) 12 next to Rooney Rd). eBird Checklist at https://ebird.org/checklist/S107432770. Predictions: Tuesday looks to be warmer than today with winds coming from the south, so better numbers might be in the cards. Looks like there was a rock slide on the trail up. Watch out. ======================================================================== Report submitted by DAVID HILL () Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: http://www.dfobirds.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/010101803f9b55ba-8b5038ff-ffbc-41c8-8143-6dd8a4b7a80e-000000%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
