Next Hawk Watch Season

Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch
March 1 - May 10, 2025

New and returning volunteers are invite to review the basics in the volunteer toolbox, which are designed to prepare you for a new season of Hawk Watch.

If you are interested in joining us as a first-time volunteer, send along your contact information.

Hawks on the Wing: seeing beyond the field marks with flight based identification - Josh Haas
BIRD BOMBS: It's Probably a Red-tail - David Suddjian
BIRD BOMBS: Prairie Hawks - David Suddjian
BIRD BOMBS: Forest Hawks - David Suddjian

Upcoming Training Sessions

Virtual - Informational Hawk Watch Zoom Meeting with Raptor Identification

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Dave Hill will lead a session to train you on beginning raptor ID skills and he will share the details about volunteering for Hawk Watch on Dinosaur Ridge.
On-site - Volunteer Field Orientation

Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Join experienced Hawk Watchers for a trip to the viewing platform on Dinosaur Ridge. You must register in advance to attend. The capacity for this training is 24. Once that number has been reached, you will be put on the waiting list.

View from Hawk Watch

View from Hawk Watch

About Us

Named for its world-renowned fossil beds, Dinosaur Ridge is also a window into the seasonal movement of birds of prey such as hawks, eagles, falcons and more, over Colorado's Front Range. These raptors migrate in the spring along the eastern mountainous edge of the Rockies in part because mountain updrafts enable them to soar, which conserves their energy during their long journeys north to their breeding grounds.

Full Story
Access to Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch begins at the Stegosaurus parking lot off Interstate 70 and Jefferson County Road 93. The lot is at the southeast corner of Exit 259 from the freeway. Take the trail leading upslope from the southeast corner of the parking lot, (trail markers are located along the trail) then proceed south along Dinosaur Ridge to the ridge top.

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