Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 29, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 8 | 296 | 326 |
| Osprey | 4 | 44 | 50 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 14 | 44 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 16 | 21 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 | 81 | 97 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 6 | 172 | 193 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 4 | 103 | 103 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 9 | 158 | 419 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 2 | 39 | 39 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| American Kestrel | 10 | 406 | 428 |
| Merlin | 0 | 16 | 20 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| Prairie Falcon | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total: | 48 | 1404 | 1830 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Dustin Kohler |
| Observers: | Bill Young, Mike Serruto, Nancy Cornick, Ryan Gannon, Shannon Campbell, Shay Lyons |
Visitors:
We had 22 visitors to the ridge today which is not too bad for a Monday.
Weather:
Today was a warm partly cloudy day with a constantly changing wind. Once the wind picked up the migrants dropped.
Raptor Observations:
Our migrants continued to behave in classic dinosaur ridge fashion, either super close to our heads or very far away. Generally, they dropped as the wind picked up in the evening. Three Broadwings were in a loose kettle. An immature Red-tailed had see-through or missing middle rectrices (tail feathers). Another Red-tailed hawk was attacking a Golden Eagle today, but this Golden Eagle was a local and moved off to the west. We had a Cooper's Hawk flying with a full crop and was carrying a mouse in its talons. This hawk did not migrate and flew off to the west probably where their mate was on eggs. We had a Sharp-shinned Hawk fly south through or slightly around the central tree on our platform between me and some of my volunteers. We had another local Sharp-shin, a Swainson's, a Cooper's, a hunting Kestrel, an osprey, and a Golden Eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
We saw a man walking 4 llamas on a leash along the side of the road. When I first got up to the ridge there were three Rock Wrens singing nearby. Around 13:30 MST we saw a Rock Wren holding a stick in its beak and is hopefully making a nest in the Northwest corner of our platform. There were also a lot of White-throated Swifts and Swallows flying around today. A few Broad-tailed Hummingbirds were flying past as well.
Predictions:
Tomorrow should be a warm day and very sunny. The wind should start in the south and move to the west. I expect migrants to be very high and moving pretty fast.
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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