He sat facing away from the trail. The 3 women came up, and he came up and said hi to his intended. He got down on one knee, proposed to her and gave her a ring. She was in tears.
Witness to a proposal at your hawk watch, and some raptors, too. Wow. Another day at the watch,
David Suddjian
Littleton, CO
On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM <reports@hawkcount.org> wrote:
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 19, 2024 Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 5 26 Osprey 0 1 4 Bald Eagle 1 9 9 Northern Harrier 0 7 12 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 21 45 Cooper's Hawk 0 31 79 American Goshawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 15 Red-tailed Hawk 5 60 131 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 2 36 Ferruginous Hawk 0 2 5 Golden Eagle 0 5 7 American Kestrel 0 26 137 Merlin 0 1 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2 Prairie Falcon 0 0 2 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 4 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 9 Total: 9 173 528
Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter Ajit Antony Observers: Liza Antony
Visitors:
6 visitors asked what we were looking at/for and we explained. We showed a distant flying adult Bald Eagle to 2 young women, and found it in my scope for them, and they were thrilled.
Weather:
A cold front had gone through yesterday. The forecast was for light ESE winds, 80% cloud cover decreasing, and a windchill of 39°F. At the watch there was low cloud/fog on the East side of Lookout Mountain which for a while blotted out the entire mountain watch from our sight. The Soaring Forecast was for poor glider soaring, but had some lift up to 8000 feet. Denver could not be seen at all! The higher mountains to the west were snow covered, including Mount Blue Sky.
Raptor Observations:
Non-migrant raptors: BE 1 adult and 1 subadult (4th year with a narrow line of black on the tip of the tail), RT 4, a juvenile NH flying north â€" this is the 3rd NH we've seen this season flying north.
Non-raptor Observations:
A young man and a young woman came up to the top, and the she told us that he was going to propose to his girlfriend in 0.5 hours, and told us where she had set up her camera for a video. He had told his girlfriend that he was going to play golf with his father, and 2 friends of hers were going to bring her to the top of Mount Zion. He sat facing away from the trail. The 3 women came up, and he came up and said hi to his intended. He got down on one knee, proposed to her and gave her a ring. She was in tears. I got goosebumps (though I've been married 51 years to Liza). Based on the poor Soaring Forecast we were surprised to see a paraglider at 12:30 PM MDT â€" we expected no lift, and he disappeared from sight. An hour later 3 more took off, 2 of them could not not even rise to our altitude, but the sun had just come out of the clouds and one managed to fly moderately high over us. An hour later one more paraglider who buzzed around low over Golden. Common Raven 5, Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 1, Oregon Junco 5, Gray-headed Junco 1, Townsend's Solitaire 3, Rock Wren 1, Western Bluebird 1, American Crow 1, Black-billed Magpie 1, Steller's Jay 1.
Predictions:
SW winds with moderate cloud cover. we will be there by 10:30 AM
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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