Mount Lorette (12 Nov 2022) 25 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2022 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 15 | 44 | 129 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Golden Eagle | 10 | 123 | 2350 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Total: | 25 | 179 | 2729 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:45:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8.75 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Deb Hornsby |
Visitors:
18 visitors
Weather:
At ground level the wind was light from variable N-W-S directions. At ridge level wind varied from any direction and was light for most of the day but increased up to 20 km/h in the afternoon. The sky was overcast with 80-100% cloud cover until the end of the day when it decreased to 30%. The low was -9 C in the morning and it reached a high of -5 C.
Raptor Observations:
Migrants were moving low with lots of flapping and relatively little gliding or soaring, which is typical on days with low wind. Most of them went down the east side of the valley in front of the Fisher Range, but some used the middle or west side of the valley. Peak migration was 1-2 pm with 10 migrants. The count consisted of 10 Golden Eagles (9 adults, 1 unaged) and 15 Bald Eagles (10 adults, 2 sub-adult 3, 2 sub-adult 1 or 2, 1 juvenile). No local raptors were observed.
Non-raptor Observations:
Belted Kingfisher 1 Canada Jay 2 Black-billed Magpie 1 Common Raven 7 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Boreal Chickadee 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 American Dipper 2 Dark-eyed Junco 1
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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