Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 16, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 2 22 22 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 4 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 2 57 57 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 9 9 Golden Eagle 1 9 9 American Kestrel 1 3 3 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Prairie Falcon 1 5 5 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 9 9 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 9 124 124 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Chuck Hundertmark Observers: Jim Banks, Kevin Schutz, Rob Reilly Visitors: William Bond, one of RMBO's new volunteer naturalists. Tom Smith. Weather: Moderate winds WSW early shifting to SE by afternoon. Overcast most of morning clearing to partly cloudy by midafternoon. Raptor Observations: 18 observations of local Red-tailed Hawks, possibly representing as few as two pair. Courtship flights. Merlin pursuing a presumed local kestrel. Non-raptor Observations: American Robin (5), Black-billed Magpie (1), Dark-eyed Juncos (7), Spotted Towhee (1 singing), Western Scrub-Jay (20, Black-capped Chickadee (2), Mountain Chickadee (1), American Crow 21, Common Raven (6 including pair in courtship flight), Bushtit (2). Dark-eyed Juncos singing, including 1 Pink-sided practicing while remaining concealed in juniper and 1 Gray-headed proclaiming territory from the top of a juniper. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (jeff.bi...@rmbo.org) Dinosaur Ridge information may be found at: http://www.rmbo.org/ 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 small signs from the south side of lot to hawkwatch 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. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, head through the gate, and walk to the clearly-visible, flat area at the crest of the ridge. -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
