Date: 9/17/26 2:28 pm From: <reports...> Subject: [cobirds] Mount Zion Hawk Watch at Windy Saddle Park (17 Sep 2026) 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: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 08:15:00
Total observation time: 0 hours
Official Counter:
Observers:
Visitors:
No visitors
Weather:
98% cloud cover with dark grey clouds to the west of the watch and
overlying the watch. A tiny sliver of blue was seen in the sky over the far
south east where Aurora is located. Brisk winds from the West with drizzle
noted at the end of the first hour. I stayed for 15 minutes of the second
hour when the drizzle turned to rain.
Raptor Observations:
No migrant or non- migrant raptors seen.
Non-raptor Observations:
An unseen animal made a growling sound which startled me.
AMCR 1,SPTO 1, VGSW 5, WEBB 3, Flicker 1, AMRO 2, PYNU 3, MOCH 1, BBMA 1
Predictions:
A slight chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms between noon and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a
thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind
around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation is 70%.
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Report submitted by Liza Antony (<liza.antony15...>)
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