Golden, Colorado, USA
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 6 | 258 | 299 |
| Osprey | 1 | 46 | 50 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 14 | 41 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 34 | 42 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 | 168 | 196 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 3 | 165 | 214 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 2 | 79 | 79 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 145 | 410 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 12 | 27 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| American Kestrel | 3 | 408 | 510 |
| Merlin | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Total: | 25 | 1374 | 1947 |
| Observation start time: | 08:45:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Emma Riley |
| Observers: | Beth Davis, Laura Farnsworth, Pam Moore, Tim Meehan |
Visitors:
Thank you to Laura Farnsworth, our Sunday Official Observer, Beth Davies, and Pam Moore for your help spotting raptors on Easter Sunday! A second thank you goes out to Tim Meehan for bringing a group of Boulder Forest Service raptor nest-watch volunteers to the site this morning to witness migration for a few hours. We had a total of 49 visitors at the Hawk Watch today including the Boulder group. Matthew-Winters was closed due to mud, bringing us a few extra visitors that weren't originally planning on stopping by the Hawk Watch. One visitor spent about an hour with us looking for migrants and talking birds. Can't make it out to the ridge and still want to follow along? Check out our Trektellen page and follow along with live updates at https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/4515/20250301 .
Weather:
Today was mostly a very pleasant day, with only the last hour being pretty chilly with a stronger wind. Winds were from the WNW/NW all day, from almost still speeds to about 30 km/h gusts in the last hour. Clouds were scattered all day making for nice viewing conditions.
Raptor Observations:
Migration was again much slower today than it was before the cold front came through. We had a small push in the morning and again in the late afternoon. A small mixed kettle of Turkey Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks,, and Broad-winged Hawks were seen just S of Mt Morrison early in the day. A few birds materialized near the Cabrini Shrine, despite pretty constant scanning by a number of people at the ridge. A close Broad-winged Hawk was a highlight of the day, as well as two back to back Merlin that came directly overhead in the late afternoon, and a Peregrine Falcon early in the day. Non-migratory activity was very high today, with an oddly high number of birds seen moving S that we do not normally see do that. One Broad-winged Hawk was spotted W of us, soared for a second, and flew directly south until it was out of sight. An Osprey did something similar as well. We saw one local Peregrine Falcon a few times today, including once as it chased off a migratory PG. Other non-migratory species seen today include a Swainson's Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Turkey Vultures, an American Kestrel, and Red-tailed Hawks.
Non-raptor Observations:
Wild Turkey 1, White-throated Swift 86, Eurasian Collared-Dove 1, Northern Flicker 1, Steller's Jay 1, Woodhouse's Scrub Jay 2, Black-billed Magpie 2, Common Raven 1, Black-capped Chickadee 1, Tree Swallow 8, Pygmy Nuthatch 1, American Robin 1, Dark-eyed Junco 1, Spotted Towhee 2, Western Meadowlark 2
Predictions:
Tomorrow looks to be warmer than today with less cloud cover. Winds continue from the general W direction tomorrow, with gusts up to 35 km/h.
Report submitted by Official Counter of the day shown above (dinoridgehw@gmail.com)
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at: www.dinosaurridgehawkwatch.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
Hawk Counter(s) and volunteers from March through early May.
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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