Date: 9/3/26 5:42 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (03 Sep 2026) 9 Raptors
Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park
Golden, Greater Denver, Colorado, USA
To see hourly weather data and details of migrant raptors, look up this watch at hawkcount.org.
This is a new raptor migration site identified and designated in mid-September 2024. This is Colorado's 1st fall hawk watch site, and the second hawk watch in Colorado.
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.
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 if you are interested.
See https://groups.google.com/g/cobirds/c/Oznn4uc6MBk
Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 2.5 hours
Official Counter: Liza Antony
Observers:
Visitors:
while I was struggling up the steps with my scope one young man wanted to
know what I was doing, I told him I was looking for raptors.
Weather:
Clear blue sky with minimal clouds to the northwest of the watch. Haze
noted over downtown Denver and DIA. Visibility was 6 km at the start and
increased to 19 km. at the end of the watch.
Raptor Observations:
20 minutes after I reached the watch I saw 2 RT at the "gap"
one migrated and the second was a local. The perfectly blue sky to the east
and south of the watch made it difficult to spot raptors.
Predictions:
Mostly sunny with a high near 91F. Slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Calm winds becoming east 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Liza Antony (<liza.antony15...>)
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