Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 03, 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 1 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 14 14 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 1 2 Golden Eagle 1 1 1 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 3 20 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 15:15:00 Total observation time: 5.25 hours Official Counter: Emma Riley Observers: Mark Meiklejohn, Sally Berger, Sammy Korengut Visitors: I was supported by Mark Meiklejohn, Sammy Korengut, and Sally Berger today. Thank you all for your help spotting! We had 10 human and 3 very good dog visitors today. Weather: We had cloudy conditions all day, with some brief moments of sun accompanying the heavy cloud cover. Storms could be seen west in the foothills for most of the day, but did not reach us until 1500. Winds were light from the east for most of the day, until 1500 when they switched to a moderate west wind. Snow rolled in at 1500, and by 1515 visibility was poor so we ended the day. Raptor Observations: Todays flight was slow but brought some star species. We had both a GE and a BE migrate in the morning. The rest of the day was slow, until the snow was accompanied by incredible looks at an adult NG directly overhead. A local GE was seen on the west ridge twice during the day. We also saw at least 4 local RT from directly below us on the east slope of the hogback as well as distant to the west. A local PR gave us a run for our money, seemingly migrating through the west valley but turning around at the last second. I have suspicions that the Red Rocks falcon scrape is once again going to be occupied by PR, not PG. Non-raptor Observations: We had some of our regular early season passerines today including TOSO (4), BCCH (2), AMRO (1), CORA (7), AMCR (5), HOFI (2), and our first of the season DEJU (8). A female White-tailed Deer was seen in the shrubs below us on the east slope of the hogback. Predictions: Tomorrow should be sunny and very pleasant with winds from the east, hopefully bringing us a nice count for the day. ======================================================================== 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 Count data submitted via Dunkadoo - Project info at: https://dunkadoo.org/explore/denver-field-ornithologists/dinosaur-ridge-spring-2023 Site Description: Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawk watch in Colorado and is the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Hawk watchers may see 17 species of migrating raptors; and it is an excellent site to see rare dark morph buteos including Broad-winged hawk, Swainson’s hawk, Ferruginous hawk, Rough-legged hawk and Red-tailed Hawk. Other raptors we see include Golden and Bald Eagles, Northern harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcons, Prairie Falcons, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels, Merlin, and Turkey Vultures. Northern Goshawk is uncommon but also counted each season. Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, Bushtit, Western Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican, and Dusky Grouse. Birders of any skill level are always welcome. The hawk watch at Dinosaur Ridge is staffed by a Hawk Counter and volunteers from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM from March 1st to May 14th, weather permitting. Directions to site: >From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow hawk watch signs from the southwest end of the parking lot to the hawk watch site. The hike starts heading east on an old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the ridge. 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