Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 06, 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 10 12 27 Osprey 0 1 3 Bald Eagle 1 3 34 Northern Harrier 0 0 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 11 Cooper's Hawk 4 13 31 Northern Goshawk 0 0 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 5 7 294 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0 Ferruginous Hawk 1 1 41 Golden Eagle 0 1 27 American Kestrel 17 28 88 Merlin 0 0 10 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 5 Prairie Falcon 0 0 5 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 2 Total: 39 69 600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Carol Cwiklinski Observers: Dave Erickson, Gary Rossmiller, Marianne Erickson Visitors: Visitors are once again welcome to the hawk watch. Weather: We experienced clear skies and moderate SE winds all day. The sky had a haze which made it seem as though binoculars were not quite focused. The cloudless skies made it a challenge to locate birds. Raptor Observations: Thank you to Gary Rossmiller, Mariane and Dave Erickson for helping on the ridge today. Migrating raptors were seen far and wide. We had several close birds on the ridge, a dark morph adult red tailed Hawk, an immature bald eagle, an adult light ferruginous hawk, and several American kestrels. Otherwise birds were flying very high, or along the western ridge. Non-raptor Observations: White throated swifts. The Dakota Ridge trail is now open for all uses beginning tomorrow. Hawk watchers no longer need to wear high visibility vests. The trail is mostly dry, and the snow is mostly melted making an easy traverse to the top through burned areas of the fire. Predictions: Good weather is predicted for tomorrow. ======================================================================== Report submitted by DAVID HILL () Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: http://www.dfobirds.org More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=123 -- -- 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 * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0101018759891d66-166aafe2-c7f4-4a32-9564-0542610d20ff-000000%40us-west-2.amazonses.com.
