DIA Raptors - Adams County (and Denver for the Merlin)

[JBreitsch - Denver]

It was a perfectly lousy day at my house when I woke up.  Overcast, snowing, and dark.  Of course I decided to go out with my camera anyway.  I didn't see one single Northern Harrier.  I don't know what the world is coming to.  Consolation prizes included:

Bald Eagles                   5 (adult and sub adult)

Ferruginous Hawk          4 (light and dark morph)

Rough-legged Hawk       10 ish

Red-tailed Hawk             6

Prairie Falcon                 2

Merlin                            1

American Kestrel            5

Additionally, there were a few Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs flying around Haynesmount Rd south of 120th Ave.  With the influx of Rough-legged Hawks this year, and their prolific and dominating hunting abilities, I'm wondering if they may have moved the harriers off their territory a bit.

Many photos taken, at least two respectable ones:

Prairie Falcon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/11953119674/in/photostream/

Merlin (maybe a quarter mile from my house)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/11952966283/in/photostream/

John Breitsch

Denver, Colorado

http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/