Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2023
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total
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Black Vulture
Despite deep snowpack around it and completely frozen surface water, the
nesting birds were present on and around the nest island at Walden Reservoir.
There were dozens of Cormorants, Pelicans and California Gulls and smaller
numbers of Ring-billed Gull, Great Blue Heron and Black-crowned
On my way back from Tucson last Wednesday, I saw several Swainson’s Hawks
just south of Albuquerque! Perhaps the strong NW winds that NM had earlier
in the week slowed them up.
Paula Hansley
Louisville
On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 2:31 PM Tony Kay wrote:
> I have observed similar scenes in Costa
Yesterday, 4/7, A lone Barn Swallow swooped into our entryway to check out last
year’s nest. (Highlands Ranch, Douglas County)
And, earlier this week at the new spit area by the South marina at Chatfield we
fond two American Pipits working the rocks on the west side of the embankment.
(Douglas
I have observed similar scenes in Costa Rica, part of the fall annual
Southern Migration accompanied by large numbers of Swainson Hawks. I would
assume this is the spring Northern Migration return of large groups
choosing to make the trip together.
Did you observe any Swainson hawks in the
CoBirds:
Some canvasing the last week or so.
Today: American White Pelicans are in large numbers at Union Reservoir,
near Longmont. I counted 135, with more continuing to arrive from the
northeast ever few minutes. Pelicans are also at Plaster Reservoir and
Alex and Michael's
I also had a lone tree Swallow stop by and check out the birdhouse they have used for the past few years. So glad to see him back!Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 7, 2023, at 5:11 PM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds wrote:
We had new year birds in our Franktown patch
