Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 28, 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 4 4 Osprey 0 2 2 Bald Eagle 1 26 26 Northern Harrier 1 9 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 7 7 Cooper's Hawk 1 8 8 Northern Goshawk 1 6 6 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 32 231 231 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 3 38 39 Golden Eagle 2 26 26 American Kestrel 13 44 44 Merlin 3 6 6 Peregrine Falcon 0 5 5 Prairie Falcon 0 4 4 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 2 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 59 422 423 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:45:00 Total observation time: 8.75 hours Official Counter: Carol Cwiklinski Observers: Amy Walsh, Kathie Moses Visitors: Many thanks to Amy Walsh, Kathie Moses and Jane Haddock for helping locate and identify raptors today. They were excellent spotters and enjoyed some fantastic looks at dark morph red-tailed hawks. Twelve visitors stopped on the ridge today, one who will return with her young son who loves to identify raptors. There were numerous bikes on the trail, creating a muddy mess in some areas. The trail had some unmelted snow and some ice, but bare spots made it easy to navigate. Weather: Today was sunny with light winds that shifted from SW to SE and finally NE. Most of the day we had thin cloud cover to help with locating birds. Excellent thermals built through the day, and cloud cover increased late in the day. Raptor Observations: Raptor observations started slow but increased as our count progressed. Raptors were scattered across the sky, located on the ridge at eye level, very high, and flying along the western ridge. There was no pronounced pattern to the flight, it was varied and full of surprises. Numerous non migrants were active including golden eagles, Cooper’s hawk, red-tailed hawks. Non-raptor Observations: New species we noticed today; American white pelican and tree swallow. We also saw a flock of Bohemian waxwings, western bluebirds and the usual ridge species. ======================================================================== 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/010101872b2f509d-9b91287b-f4f0-496c-b420-153c55ef60e6-000000%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
