Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 07, 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 50 62 77 Osprey 7 8 10 Bald Eagle 1 4 35 Northern Harrier 2 2 13 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 6 14 Cooper's Hawk 25 38 56 Northern Goshawk 1 1 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 29 36 323 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 1 2 42 Golden Eagle 0 1 27 American Kestrel 33 61 121 Merlin 1 1 11 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 5 Prairie Falcon 0 0 5 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Total: 153 222 753 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:15:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8.25 hours Official Counter: Steve Small Observers: Ajit Antony, Amy Walsh, Chris Gearhart, Dave Hill Visitors: We welcomed back our friends Patty & Keith from last year. Hope to see you both again this season. We also had 17 visitors to the platform. Trail was busy with bikes and hikers checking out the fire aftermath. We also were visited by JeffCo Ranger Sabrina (thanks for stopping by and visiting). Weather: Very pleasant. SE/NE winds 5-15 kmph. Increasing clouds as day progressed. Mild temps. Raptor Observations: Many thanks to Amy Walsh, Dave Hill, Ajit Antony, and Chris Gearhart for the help today. Birds scattered all day. Did have a nice push late afternoon high over the western valley. Clouds made spotting the high flight much better. We had good diversity and a few nice kettles and small streams of TV’s. Non-raptor Observations: Trail is dry. Five fighter jets low over Mt. Morrison. AWPE (2), WTSW numbers increasing. Predictions: Hoping for another good day. The Broad-wing and Swainson’s Hawks should be arriving soon. ======================================================================== 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/010101875eb98b70-eaabc840-ecc7-436d-a477-5544dec1819b-000000%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
