Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: May 05, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 9 | 45 | 390 |
| Osprey | 1 | 3 | 53 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 4 | 49 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 5 | 11 | 110 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 6 | 34 | 230 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 4 | 25 | 139 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 6 | 34 | 457 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 4 | 45 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| American Kestrel | 2 | 53 | 486 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total: | 33 | 228 | 2112 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Dustin Kohler |
| Observers: | Audrey Anderson, Emma Riley, Jordan Gerue, June Peters , Kenny Arroyo, Mike Lupini, Natalie Uschner-Arroyo, Nick Spade, Zach Haag |
Visitors:
We had 55 visitors to the ridge today. We had Jordan Gerue and Nick Spade visit the site and they stayed helping us spot for a while. We had a visitor named Michelle who inquired about bringing school groups up to the ridge next year. We had our end-of-the-year party where Janet Peters, Mike Lupini, and June Peters helped provide Empanadas for this year's Hawk Watchers.
Weather:
Moderate wind throughout the day that shifted and got stronger towards the end of the day. Heavy cloud cover for the first half, and partly cloudy for the second half. A haze most of the day that affected distant visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Migrates were lower than the last few days, but got higher as the day went on. Most of the migrants were above us or to the west. In the first hour, a Sharp-shinned Hawk buzzed by us, and I only noticed it when the bird song stopped on that side of the ridge. We had a Broadwing Hawk and a Red-tailed Hawk migrate that had immature wings, but adult tails. Another Adult Red-tailed was missing a couple of primaries, and a different Red-tail was a dark morph immature. We had an immature Red-tail that migrated eating a mouse that it had just stopped to catch, and our Osprey had a fish. In local news, we had the male kestrel hunting around us a few times today. Towards the end of the day, we had a Red-tailed Hawk carrying a snake.
Non-raptor Observations:
Today at the ridge we had a Blue Jay, a few Western Kingbirds, a Chipping Sparrow, a couple of Rock Wrens, and some others that I didn't write down. We had a few Mule deer on our ridge on the east side.
Predictions:
Tomorrow has severe winds all day. Canceled count likely.
Report submitted by Official Counter (j.f.peters58@gmail.com)
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: http://www.dfobirds.org
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Site Description
Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawk watch in Colorado and is the
best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Hawk watchers may
see 17 species of migrating raptors; and it is an excellent site to see rare
dark morph buteos including Broad-winged hawk, Swainson’s hawk, Ferruginous
hawk, Rough-legged hawk and Red-tailed Hawk. Other raptors we see include Golden
and Bald Eagles, Northern harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcons, Prairie Falcons,
Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks, American Kestrels, Merlin, and Turkey
Vultures. American Goshawk is uncommon but also counted each season. Non-raptor
species include Rock Wren, Bushtit, Western Bluebird, Sandhill Crane,
White-throated Swift, American White Pelican, and Dusky Grouse. Birders of any
skill level are always welcome. The hawk watch at Dinosaur Ridge is staffed by a
Hawk Counter and volunteers from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM from March 1st to May 10th,
weather permitting.
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 hawk watch signs from the
southwest end of the parking lot to the hawk watch 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, and walk to
the flat area at the crest of the ridge. (Distance: 0.56 miles, Elevation gain:
259 feet)
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