Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 25, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 11 | 267 | 297 |
| Osprey | 1 | 38 | 44 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 13 | 43 |
| Northern Harrier | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 11 | 64 | 80 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 19 | 156 | 177 |
| American Goshawk | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 13 | 86 | 86 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 12 | 138 | 399 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| American Kestrel | 51 | 375 | 397 |
| Merlin | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total: | 128 | 1255 | 1681 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 15:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7 hours |
| Official Counter | Dustin Kohler |
| Observers: | Dave Erickson, Gary Rossmiller, Janet Peters, Josephine Tongestad, June Peters , Marianne Erickson, Mike Hunter, Steve Ryder , Trenton Voytko |
Visitors:
We had 20 visitors to the ridge today including Mike Hunter who was visiting from England and saw his 7,000th bird which was an American Goshawk. We also had 2 visitors from Belgium.
Weather:
Today started as a warm cloudless day, and turned into a thunderstorm. The wind was out of the East/ Northeast all day. There was a heavy haze all day that affected our distant visibility. Count was cut short due to lightning risk. I was going to wait it out, but with only a few hours left it started to rain/ sleet/ hail and I canceled the rest of the count.
Raptor Observations:
Today was our best day of the year, so far with 128 migrants! They started very high and/or far to the west. About 11:45 MST the wind picked up and the migrants got lower and lower as the day went on. The Unknown Falcon was probably a kestrel, but I never saw it and it just zipped under a volunteer on the far side of the ridge from me. The Unknown Accipiter was far away, the tail was long, but it didn't flap and was too far away to guess Cooper's vs Sharp-shinned. In local news, we had a few Red-tailed Hawks, two Osprey, a local Golden Eagle, 2 local Swainson's Hawk one was a Juvenile, an immature American Goshawk, but the coolest was a leucistic Red-tailed that showed up many times.
Non-raptor Observations:
We had my first to the ridge Blue Jay, and our first of the year, Blue-grey Gnatcatchers. The strong winds had a lot of White-throated Swifts and three species of Swallows. Tree, Violet-green, and Barn.
Predictions:
Tomorrow looks to start partly cloudy with strong western winds, and change to thunderstorms in the afternoon. A partial count is 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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