Tuesday, 14 March 2023

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (14 Mar 2023) 35 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists
Colorado, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2023
SpeciesDay's CountMonth TotalSeason Total
Black Vulture000
Turkey Vulture000
Osprey000
Bald Eagle11313
Northern Harrier011
Sharp-shinned Hawk022
Cooper's Hawk122
Northern Goshawk033
Red-shouldered Hawk000
Broad-winged Hawk000
Red-tailed Hawk198282
Rough-legged Hawk000
Swainson's Hawk000
Ferruginous Hawk72021
Golden Eagle21616
American Kestrel566
Merlin033
Peregrine Falcon011
Prairie Falcon033
Mississippi Kite000
Unknown Accipiter011
Unknown Buteo011
Unknown Falcon000
Unknown Eagle000
Unknown Raptor022
Total:35156157


Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter Carol Cwiklinski
Observers: Ajit Antony, Amy Walsh, Janet Peters, Kathy Moses



Visitors:
Thirty visitors visited the top today, bird watchers, hikers and families out for the day. We had an excellent crew of observers; Janet Peters, Amy Walsh, Kathie Moses, Ajit Antony, Jim and Barbara Banks from the early days of Dino, Shelly Conger and Karen, Charlie and Mary Saunders and Mike Britten. Mike was especially helpful spotting birds, finding an impossibly high ferruginous hawk just east of the ridge. Everybody was helpful and pleasant to be around. We had a good day.

Weather:
Today started out cool and windy, gusting from the west. Later temperatures warmed and the wind was light but with occasional gusting for the rest of the day until 1600, when the wind calmed and a layer of cloud moved into the area. Most of the count period we had nice cloud cover, perfect hawk watching clouds.

Raptor Observations:
Raptors were migrating today. Many we located along the western ridge, and were a challenge to identify. We had several close birds over the ridge most notably an adult light ferruginous hawk, also a rufous red-tailed hawk and several American kestrel. Late in the day we located birds high on the west but about mid-valley, so we were able to get decent looks. Birds flew beyond our count day, so we stayed an extra 30 minutes.

Non-raptor Observations:
Forty one elk were located on Cabrini Mountain. We saw many of the usual passerines with no new species seen.

Predictions:
We expect another warm day tomorrow before the storm on Thursday.


Report submitted by DAVID HILL ()
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: http://www.dfobirds.org
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