The official volunteer portion of RMBOs hawk watch finished on May 7, but my heart was committed to one more more count on the ridge. And that was also true of Roger Rouch, Karen Clark and Joe Lupfer. We ended up seeing 11 species of migrant raptors, and 19 migrating individuals. We had a four falcon day, and also spotted two Broad- winged Hawks. I also observed two Northern Goshawks in a courtship display west of the hawk watch, so it seems that there is a local pair attempting to nest somewhere in the Mt. Morrison area.
Overall we had 46 species of birds today including a snappy Olive- sided Flycatcher down ridge, a Green-tailed Towhee singing below the ridge, plus the continuing amazing show of 100s of aerial insectivores (white-throated swifts, plus bank, barn, cliff, tree, and v-g swallows). Plus some high flying blue-gray gnatcatchers were doing their sitting duck display flight. All in all it was a great season on the ridge for this volunteer highlighted by the juniper titmouse, the local peregrines, and of course all the migrating raptors for this confirmed "Talonhead". And of course the constant refining and discussion of raptor ID with Roger, Karen, Joe, Jim, and Bill who made the days on the ridge even more enjoyable. Thanks of course to RMBO staffers Amy Rotter and Jeff Birek for their help and support of the volunteers. Sincerely, Scott Severs Longmont _________________________________________ Details for May 8, 2010 RMBO Volunteers: Roger Rouch, Scott Severs Additional Observers: Karen Clark and Joe Lupfer. Visitors: 8 Official site profile: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=123 Coordination, research, and support provided by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory: http://www.rmbo.org/v2/web Location: Dinosaur Ridge and hawkwatch site Observation date: 5/8/10 Notes: final hawkwatch for 2010 Number of species: 46 American White Pelican 6 Great Blue Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 9 Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 2 local Cooper's Hawk 6 3 local Northern Goshawk 2 display flight Broad-winged Hawk 2 Swainson's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 9 6 local American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 local Prairie Falcon 2 1 local White-throated Swift X hundreds Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 one displaying at site Hairy Woodpecker 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Western Scrub-Jay 2 Black-billed Magpie 2 American Crow 5 Common Raven 10 Tree Swallow 1 Violet-green Swallow X many Bank Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Mountain Chickadee 2 Bushtit 4 Rock Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 American Robin 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Spotted Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 6 Western Meadowlark 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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
