Tag: orthographic lift

• Raptor Migration in Full Swing

  The annual Raptor (aka Birds of Prey — eagles, hawks, falcons, owls and vultures) migration is in full swing. The birds of prey are migrating north to their summer nesting grounds. The raptors fly up the hog back for several reasons. First, it is an easy marker for them to follow —  a constant ribbon…

  Amy Law

  April 17, 2015

  Colorado Mileposts

  birds, Colorado, Cooper’s hawk, hogback, Mathews-Winter Park, natural history, orthographic lift, raptors, red-tailed hawk, turkey vultures

• Miniature Upslope Storm

  My husband and I took a quick trip to the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado last week to see the largest migration left in North America — The Sandhill Cranes! Up to 20,000 Cranes and 20,000 other ducks, geese, coots, plovers and any other type of waterbird that you can imagine migrate through the…

  Amy Law

  March 31, 2014

  Colorado Mileposts

  clouds, Colorado, natural history, nature, orthographic lift, San Luis Valley, Sandhill Cranes, upslope storms