Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 28, 2023 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Osprey | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 26 | 26 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Northern Goshawk | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 32 | 231 | 231 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 3 | 38 | 39 |
| Golden Eagle | 2 | 26 | 26 |
| American Kestrel | 13 | 44 | 44 |
| Merlin | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total: | 59 | 422 | 423 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:45:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8.75 hours |
| Official Counter | Carol Cwiklinski |
| Observers: | Amy Walsh, Kathie Moses |
Visitors:
Many thanks to Amy Walsh, Kathie Moses and Jane Haddock for helping locate and identify raptors today. They were excellent spotters and enjoyed some fantastic looks at dark morph red-tailed hawks. Twelve visitors stopped on the ridge today, one who will return with her young son who loves to identify raptors. There were numerous bikes on the trail, creating a muddy mess in some areas. The trail had some unmelted snow and some ice, but bare spots made it easy to navigate.
Weather:
Today was sunny with light winds that shifted from SW to SE and finally NE. Most of the day we had thin cloud cover to help with locating birds. Excellent thermals built through the day, and cloud cover increased late in the day.
Raptor Observations:
Raptor observations started slow but increased as our count progressed. Raptors were scattered across the sky, located on the ridge at eye level, very high, and flying along the western ridge. There was no pronounced pattern to the flight, it was varied and full of surprises. Numerous non migrants were active including golden eagles, Cooper's hawk, red-tailed hawks.
Non-raptor Observations:
New species we noticed today; American white pelican and tree swallow. We also saw a flock of Bohemian waxwings, western bluebirds and the usual ridge species.
Report submitted by DAVID HILL ()
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]
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