Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 13, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 4 4 Northern Harrier 0 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 8 69 69 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 0 1 1 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 4 4 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Prairie Falcon 1 2 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 4 4 Unknown Falcon 0 3 3 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 2 2 Total: 9 95 95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Cyndy Johnson Observers: Karen Fernandez, Mike Fernandez Visitors: Visitors from Northern Ireland and Viet Nam asked about Hawkwatch. A local family of three brought up binoculars to bird watch in the late afternoon. Weather: Winds today were strong from 2-3 in strength from the west to north west most of the time. At time the wind in the morning was so strong that you couldn't hold your binoculars still. Raptor Observations: No migrating hawks until the afternoon. A lot of local activity today. A very nice dark Red-tailed Hawk tried his best to hunt to the west. The local Prairie Falcon visited today. Karen and Mike Fernandez had the migrating hawks in the afternoon. Non-raptor Observations: Times entered in MST. American Robin, Townsend's Solitaire, Black-billed Magpie, Western Scrub Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Black-capped/Mountain Chickadee, Prairie Falcon, American Kestrel. Believe that we heard Bushtits over the wind once. Two deer wandered very close to Hawkwatch site on the East side. Predictions: Karen and Mike Fernandez aren't on the list to enter there data-- they needs to be added please. If it is windy like this at home before I go up on my next watch-- I predict that I won't be coming up. Cyndy :) ======================================================================== Report submitted by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (jeff.bi...@birdconservancy.org) Dinosaur Ridge information may be found at: http://www.birdconservancy.org/ Site Description: Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawkwatch in Colorado and is the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Dinosaur Ridge may be the best place in the country to see the rare dark morph of the Broad-winged Hawk (a few are seen each spring). Hawkwatchers who linger long enough may see resident Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks and Prairie Falcons, in addition to migrating Swainson's, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures. Peregrine Falcons and Ferruginous Hawks are uncommon; Northern Goshawk is rare but regular. Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, and sometimes Bushtit, Western Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican or Dusky Grouse. Birders are always welcome. The hawkwatch is generally staffed by volunteers from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies from about 9 AM to around 3 PM from March 1st to May 7th. 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0ad0554b9de165e82245755aee22caa5%40www.hawkcount.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
