Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 | 234 | 264 |
| Osprey | 7 | 35 | 41 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 13 | 43 |
| Northern Harrier | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 | 48 | 64 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 6 | 120 | 141 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 9 | 40 | 40 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 2 | 116 | 377 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 12 | 30 | 30 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| American Kestrel | 33 | 306 | 328 |
| Merlin | 2 | 14 | 18 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total: | 81 | 1007 | 1433 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Emma Riley |
| Observers: | Ajit Antony, Archer Silverman, Chip Dawes, Liza Antony |
Visitors:
We had another great day of visitors on the ridge today with a few in search of BW and about half of them being successful. As always thank you to our volunteers and visitors for helping spot birds! Happy 13th Birthday to our youngest observer, Archer S. Thank you for choosing us to spend your afternoon with us! We had a total of 38 visitors on the ridge today with many of them stopping to ask questions and hang out to try their luck at seeing a migrant. Our volunteer Dave Erickson brought our honorary observer, Prairie the Bernese Mountain Dog, up for a quick visit today. Thank you Dave, she is my favorite.
Weather:
Today was a bit cooler than yesterday but we had excellent viewing conditions again with 50% or higher cloud cover all day. Winds were from the E in the morning but started to vary in the afternoon. We got drizzled on for no more than 10 minutes in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
The day started out with something I haven’t seen at this site before, a push of 5 OS back to back to back in about 20-30 minutes. We had one non OS move between them but other than that it was an OS start to the day. Migration stayed pretty consistent today with our lowest hour seeing 5 migrants. BW continue to move and had a nice push in the early afternoons. We also saw a nice little push of SW in the late afternoon. As always we got to enjoy our “5 o’clock falcon hour†with very close AK coming one after the other. Local raptors seen today include BE, GE, RT, TV, SW, and PG.
Non-raptor Observations:
Spring has sprung for our passerines with FOY WEME, BTHU, WTSW, VGSW, BARS, BBMA, WOSJ, SAPH, CORA and others seen today. We had two groups of AWPE today, one of 5 and one of 30. The swifts & swallows have been out en masse dominating the sky for the last few days, confusing us at times with tiny speedy AK.
Predictions:
Tomorrow will be warmer than today with party cloudy conditions and variable winds but some SE winds predicted. We are expected to get more precipitation in the area this weekend. As always, I cannot promise anything, but I’m hopeful for some more BW and SW tomorrow. Bring your sun hat and optimistic attitude and we will see you on the ridge!
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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