Many Raptors on the move, 3/21 Mt Sanitas, Boulder
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Thomas Heinrich
Mar 21, 2017, 8:20:55 PM3/21/17
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Dear Cobirders,
This afternoon my brother and I took a hike up Mt Sanitas and were treated with quite a raptor migration spectacle. We observed some on the hike up, but most were seen from the summit (12:30-2:30 pm).
33 RT Hawk
7 Buteo sp.
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
3 Accipiter sp. (likely Cooper's)
1 Golden Eagle
2 Northern Harrier
3 American Kestrels
There were several RT Hawk groups of 3-5, some accompanied rising in the thermals by accipiters. It was very cool experience, the first time seeing so many migrating raptors from Mt Sanitas.
Good birding,
Thomas Heinrich
Boulder, CO
Nyc...@aol.com
This afternoon my brother and I took a hike up Mt Sanitas and were treated with quite a raptor migration spectacle. We observed some on the hike up, but most were seen from the summit (12:30-2:30 pm).
33 RT Hawk
7 Buteo sp.
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
3 Accipiter sp. (likely Cooper's)
1 Golden Eagle
2 Northern Harrier
3 American Kestrels
There were several RT Hawk groups of 3-5, some accompanied rising in the thermals by accipiters. It was very cool experience, the first time seeing so many migrating raptors from Mt Sanitas.
Good birding,
Thomas Heinrich
Boulder, CO
Nyc...@aol.com
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