Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 53 68 Osprey 1 5 6 Bald Eagle 0 3 12 Northern Harrier 0 0 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 23 32 Cooper's Hawk 4 35 42 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 58 240 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 3 3 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 2 Golden Eagle 0 1 2 American Kestrel 3 17 30 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 1 5 8 Prairie Falcon 0 6 11 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 1 12 22 Unknown Buteo 0 3 16 Unknown Falcon 1 1 6 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 5 7 Total: 16 230 510 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: Matt Smith Observers: David Gubenkaian, Kathie Moss, Matt Gray Visitors: Group of 5 USFWS staff members from the Lakewood office came up from 11AM to noon. Weather: Mostly clear in the morning with increasing clouds. Very Hazy. Snow flurries around 1:30PM Raptor Observations: Quite a few accipiters moving through today, as well as one adult PEFA. Local TUVU were seen throughout the day with a two conspicuous migrants late. There also appeared to be the carcass of an elk near I-70, which attracted TUVU and CORA periodically. Non-raptor Observations: Non-raptors included numerous white-throated swifts, western meadowlarks, common raven, american crow, black billed magpie, hermit thrush, and western scrub jay. Predictions: Muddy trail but lots of birds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Jeff Birek (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/5d5f0962eacc4502d186a2a9803daebf%40www.hawkcount.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
