Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2019 | |||
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 6 | 21 | 21 |
| Observation start time: | 08:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 5.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Mike Fernandez |
| Observers: | Carol Cwiklinski, Jeff Wang |
Visitors:
Carol there on site & Steve positioned opposite side of the Hwy 93 valley part way up towards Two Pines landmark. They compared sightiings via radio. Several groups of hikers came through but made little or no contact with us; a busy day on the trail. Jeff Wang, an avid bird photographer, arrived ~11:00 MST with camera and great questions and very solid raptor knowledge. He stayed to help with spotting 3 hours until 14:00 MST. He helps out at the Raptor Ed Foundation in Brighton. Plans to return to the DinoHawk hill on future weekends this season to help again.
Weather:
Colder and windier on the exposed platform versus the nearest personal weather station below (Solterra PWS reported). Cloud cover, mostly dark, increased from the west to at least 30% at end of watch.
Raptor Observations:
Migrating Raptors: RTHA (5), FEHA (1). Non-Migrating Raptors: Red-tailed Hawk (4), American Kestrel (2). In 12-1 MST hour: two Red-tailed Hawks moments apart from each other glided low east of ridge, rose up on thermals over the Golden area, and then continued north. While keeping an eye on them, three raptors appeared in my binocular field of view, probably from the southwest, also circling up over Golden, closer to the foothills. Two of these were Red-taileds, the other one was larger, possibly an Eagle. Thus, we saw four RTHA's migrating almost simultaneously.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Ravens (2 provided repeated escorts to migrating red-taileds on the east side). Dark-eyed Juncos (2) in the scrub mostly east side. Rock Pigeons (4) criss-crossed the ridge. Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (2) alighted next to the platform in a juniper and another perched briefly on the leafless tree near the southeast corner of the platform. Also seen or heard: Black-billed Magpie (4), Canada Goose (1), Gull sp (1).
Predictions:
On the way up: mostly dry with some patches of frozen mud. On the way down: lots of patches of wet sticky mud in the shaded portions of the trail.
Report submitted by Matthew Smith (matt.smith@birdconservancy.org)
Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies information may be found at: http://www.birdconservancy.org/
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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.
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