[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (14 Mar 2022) 4 Raptors
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2022 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 8 8 Northern Harrier 0 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 1 Cooper's Hawk0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 2 39 39 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 2 2 Golden Eagle 0 15 15 American Kestrel 0 3 3 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter0 0 0 Unknown Buteo0 3 3 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 1 1 Total: 4 80 80 -- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter:Mike Fernandez Observers:Ben Jacques, Janet Peters, Karen Fernandez, Stephen Hadley Visitors: A pre-arranged (thank you Janet Peters) group of 18 students (5-6th grade) and three teachers from The Logan School for Creative Learning arrived at 09:30 MST and stayed ~3 hours with their 3 teachers. Karen F. (NPS educator) led interactive lessons and games on Raptor migration adaption. Ben J. (environmental educator) had a robust conversation with the students about what makes a Raptor a Raptor and citizen science. A beautiful event. 14 of 21 other visitors to the platform engaged with HW Observers to learn about our work. I am convinced that the sandwich boards are prompting greater visitor engagement. A birder from south Florida stopped by the platform with a couple of local buddies to find out about what we’re up to. Last, but not least, Stephen Hadley, who attended the HW introductory zoom meeting, stopped by at about 13:00 MST to help out… and stayed 3-1/2 hrs, the rest of the watch! He’s committed to spending a day a week on the hill. Thank you Stephen. Weather: Clear skies and breezy all watch. winds out of the NE, shifting E later in the day. Weather source: Dark Skies app and local observations. Raptor Observations: One local Red-tailed couple kept us guessing all day. The day was busy with local Raptor activity: Golden Eagles, Red-tailed, Falcon. Golden Eagle Number observed: 7 Details: Six adults one juvenile, all local. An unusually high number of locals for here. At 11 AM MDT, a group of 3 (2 adults and 1 juvenile) flew directly overhead at ~20m, but flew west and did not migrate north. Mid afternoon a group of 3 adults flew north to south out west and with a scope trained on them we estimated that these were 3 new adult individuals. One had a missing primary feather, which we did not see in the first group. And no juvenile. So the three of us made the call for 6 Goldens. A seventh flew directly south alone after the latter Bald Eagle Number observed: 1 Details: Migratory adult Red-tailed Hawk Number observed: 7 Details: Local 5 , migratory 2 Prairie Falcon Number observed: 1 Details: Local diurnal raptor sp. Number observed: 1 Details: Migratory and too remote to ID. Non-raptor Observations: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Number observed: 4 Common Raven Number observed: 30 Bushtit Number observed: 16 Mountain Bluebird Number observed: 5 Details: Seen nearly every day from the HawkWatch hill this season. Townsend's Solitaire Number observed: 3 American Robin Number observed: 4 House Finch Number observed: 1 Predictions: Tuesday looks good for wind direction, with some cloud cover. Trail is mostly dry. Report submitted by DAVID HILL () Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: http://www.dfobirds.org More site information at
[cobirds] Bald Eagle Show Continues, Greater Yellowlegs and Mountain Bluebird/Weld
Hi all Went by Woods Lake on Saturday saw only about 8-10 Bald Eagle and six cars observing. Sunday morning was "boffo" I counted 30 Bald Eagle! Add 12 more Bald Eagle on ice at Cozzens Lake in Eaton same day. I had seven Mountain Bluebird CR 102/37 in Nunn-area. I had three Greater Yellowlegs at CR 41/46 private pond. Hundreds and hundreds of gulls both days at Drake Lake loafing on partial ice or plowed field north of house on west-including Lesser Black-backed Gull. Plenty of and nice variety of ducks at various open waters. Most goose flocks had Snow Goose in tow air or ground. Waters thawing: Crom Lake, Angel Lake, Latham Reservoir, CR 48 had many wet areas, O St gravel pond, gravel pit across from Linn Grove Cemetery. Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn https://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7f23ef1a-fff1-4838-b797-f55ada09383dn%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Harris's Hawk Pueblo West, Pueblo County Mar 12th
An adult Harris's Hawk was photographed in Pueblo West (north of Hwy 50), Pueblo County on Saturday afternoon, 12 March 2022, in a yard. Searches for the bird on Sunday were unsuccessful. This would be the 2nd one for Pueblo County, the first being in 2007. Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuU8zY4r6N-BRt%2BmfMxiy61Nr03ZPraV4aKcymhHFgNQ9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Pair of Dippers, Boulder
Just saw a pair of Dippers (who seemed interested in each other) where Sunshine Creek enters Boulder Creek (~3rd and Canyon) -- R.J. Pautsch 363 West Arapahoe Lane Boulder, CO 80302 rjpaut...@gmail.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAExgNZ2J7rZe8zc1LgNFyfaXB1VZ06iT_TE5tEvd41rWSiitDw%40mail.gmail.com.
