Monitoring Birds of Prey
Ronald A. Ryder, Dept. of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
970-491-6547 ronr@lamar.colostate.edu
Objective: To determine what species and numbers of hawks, owls, and eagles are nesting on the CPER, their comparative nesting success, and relationships to raptor populations nesting elsewhere in Weld County.
Methods: Check likely nests from roads using spotting scope. When young are found, climb trees with ladder and band young.
Study Area: Wherever there are trees and/or prairie dog towns. No definite plots.
03/21/2002