Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (02 Aug 2026) 3 Raptors

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Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO THE HAWK WATCH TO ENJOY THE SPECTACLE OF RAPTOR MIGRATION, EVEN IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IDENTIFYING RAPTORS IN FLIGHT. We will help you to learn Raptor ID. See https://groups.google.com/g/cobirds/c/Oznn4uc6MBk This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st and only fall hawk watch site. To get to the site which is along Lookout Mountain Rd. in Golden, enter either Windy Saddle Park or Mount Zion into Google Maps on your favorite navigation app, or enter the coordinates 39.7368,-105.2454. From the parking lot ascend the stone steps to the watch site.

Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 02, 2026
Species	Day's Count	Month Total	Season Total
Black Vulture	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	0	0	0
Osprey	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	0	0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	0
Cooper's Hawk	0	0	0
American Goshawk	0	0	0
Broad-winged Hawk	0	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	3	6	6
Rough-legged Hawk	0	0	0
Swainson's Hawk	0	0	0
Ferruginous Hawk	0	0	0
Golden Eagle	0	0	0
American Kestrel	0	0	0
Merlin	0	0	0
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0
Prairie Falcon	0	0	0
Mississippi Kite	0	0	0
Unknown Accipitrine	0	0	0
Unknown Buteo	0	0	0
Unknown Falcon	0	0	0
Unknown Eagle	0	0	0
Unknown Raptor	0	0	0
Total:	3	6	6

Observation start time:	08:00:00
Observation end time:	10:00:00
Total observation time:	2 hours
Official Counter	Ajit Antony
Observers:	Liza Antony

Visitors:
A hiker was interested in what we were doing.

Weather:
Miserably hot with very light winds from the East, cloudless.Smoke from wildfires still persists reducing visibility, so Denver 15 miles away could barely be seen.

Raptor Observations:
The first local TV was aloft at 9:21 a.m., while a group of three migrant RT went through at 10:10 a.m. DST.

Non-raptor Observations:
Violet-green swallow 2, Common Nighthawk 1, Common Raven 1, Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1. Two paragliders at 10:25 a.m., one of which had two people one behind the other. They take off somewhere below us along the NE slope of Mount Zion, and neither had much lift, not getting above our level.

Predictions:
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 pm, increasing clouds and hot, with a high near 99. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (aian...@earthlink.net)
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