Date: 10/22/24 6:22 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (22 Oct 2024) Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated so only in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch. 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: Oct 22, 2024
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 12:30:00
Total observation time: 3.25 hours
Official Counter: Ajit Antony
Observers: Liza Antony
Weather:
The prediction was for 16 mph gusts from the West ending by 9 AM, then
changing to SSE and SE, but the wind continued unabated at Level 6 on the
Beaufort scale to 11:30 AM MDT, after which the winds were variable for an
hour, then NNE, with a perfectly blue sky, excellent visibility with
minimal haze. At one point the wind was so strong my clipboard blew away
and the papers scattered.
Raptor Observations:
The only consolation was a distant bird flying over the west side of
Lookout Mountain, smaller than an RT; broad, swept back and tapered wings
with a long accipiter tail, gliding steadily West with no flaps in Level 5
winds; it then flew NW and dropped into trees where we lost it– looked
like an American Goshawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Raven 4, Black-billed Magpie 2, American Crow 1.
Predictions:
Mainly SE winds after 11 AM.
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Report submitted by Ajit Antony (<aiantony...>)
Directions to site:
From I-70 from Northeast Denver, take Route 58, then a left turn going
south on Route 6, the 1st exit is for Lookout Mountain Road, turn right and
follow the clothes to find Windy Saddle Park parking lot on the right.
From I-70 from points west of Denver, take the Lookout Mountain Road and
follow it to the Windy Saddle Park parking lot, a longer route.
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