Chuck, Interestingly, 3 northbound kestrels went past my office window in Lakewood in the span of about a minute around 3:30 yesterday and I thought there might be a big push along the ridge.
Pete Plage On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Charles Hundertmark <cahm...@q.com> wrote: > Iffy weather and stiff winds made Thursday a great day for raptors and > swifts at Dinosaur Ridge Thursday. > > Early on a presumed local Peregrine streaked across the valley toward the > western ridge to urge another Peregrine to keep moving north. A second > migrating Peregrine streamed north in the early afternoon. > > Joe Lupfer and Karen Clark spotted the only Broad-winged Hawk of the day > from the parking lot as they prepared to hike to the watch site. > > The last hour of observation (3-4 p.m.) brought intermittent light rain and > a great kestrel/harrier/swift show. Five of the day's 8 Northern Harriers > flew by during the hour along with 22 of the day's 34 American Kestrels. Two > of the kestrels emerged from one of the swarms of White-throated Swifts > flashing by. Our count of 236 swifts was almost certainly low. > > Other raptors included: > > Turkey vulture 17 and 1 probable local > Red-tailed Hawk 5 and 8 probably locals (some, no doubt, the same birds) > Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 > Cooper's Hawk 3 > Bald Eagle 1 second year bird > Osprey 1 > Swainson's Hawk 2. > > Also seen: > American White Pelican 4 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 hanging aroung the watch site > Bushtit 1 > > The Rock Wren did not put in an appearance. Nor did the titmouse. > > In addition to Joe and Karen, Jim Schmoker join the watch. > > Chuck Hundertmark > RMBO Volunteer > 2546 Lake Meadow Drive > Lafayette, CO 80026 > Phone/fax: 303-604-0531 > Cell: 720-771-8659 > cahm...@q.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 > -- 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
