Mount Lorette (25 Sep 2022) 43 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2022 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 7 | 23 | 23 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Northern Goshawk | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 23 | 117 | 117 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total: | 43 | 183 | 183 |
| Observation start time: | 06:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 12 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Lynn Macintosh, Rosemary Power |
Visitors:
The beautiful fall weather brought at least 40 visitors the meadow
Weather:
Most of the day was fairly sunny with sparse cloud and light to moderate wind. Late in the afternoon the wind picked up and cloud cover increased. That resulted in some high-flying, silhouetted migrants that were difficult to age. It was chilly in the morning at 1C but quickly warmed to a balmy 19C by the middle of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Most migrants used the eastern ridges though some hawks flew down the valley or used the western ridges. Elevation was quite variable though they tended to be high later in the day. Non-migrants included two Northern Goshawks who were harassing a migrating Red-tail over Hummingbird Plume Hill.
Non-raptor Observations:
20 Canada Geese, 1 Common Merganser, 2 Common Loons, 1 drumming Ruffed Grouse, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Northern Flicker, 1 Black-billed Magpie, 7 Common Ravens, 2 Canada Jays, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, 4 Mountain Chickadees, 2 Boreal Chickadees, 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 5 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2 American Dippers, 1 Varied Thrush, 150 American Robins, 1 American Pipit, 1 Dark-eyed Junco, 1 Lincoln’s Sparrow and 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers. Mourning cloak butterflies were on the wing
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