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 04, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day's Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 14 | 62 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 13 | 84 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson's Hawk | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| American Kestrel | 2 | 19 | 130 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mississippi Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total: | 2 | 61 | 416 |
| Observation start time: | 08:45:00 |
| Observation end time: | 11:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 2.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Ajit Antony |
| Observers: | Liza Antony |
Visitors:
A visitor from Ohio inquired whether we were looking for mountain goats or elk. I explained what we were doing, and it was completely out of his experience.
Weather:
Light winds from the WSW changing to SE, cool and pleasant with low humidity and no cloud cover whatsoever, with lots of haze from Canadian and NW US wildfires.
Raptor Observations:
WSW winds would create a headwind for southbound migrants and inhibit migration. For the 1st 2 hours we did not see a single raptor including local ones. as Liza said "We should see locals flying first." The 1st one we saw was a local RT at 11:19 AM MDT which circled around and landed on Lookout Mountain. Thereafter we were able to find 2 kestrels along the "Kestrel Channel" that I have come to call an area to our SE, below the watch, that we can see the glint of sun on the upperwings of kestrels, even without binoculars, making it able for us to see them against the green of the conifers on the north face of Lookout Mountain. Non-migrant raptors: an adult BE chased by a Common Raven to the NE of Mount Zion, all the way to the north.
Non-raptor Observations:
Bluebird species in flight 4, Northern Flicker 1, American Robin 1.
Predictions:
Strong NW winds tomorrow. We will be counting on Sunday when there will be NW winds changing to NE which could be favorable. We have a DFO trip to the watch that you can sign up at dfobirds.org
Report submitted by Ajit Antony (aiantony@earthlink.net)
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
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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