Mount Lorette (11 Mar 2023) 17 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2023 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 6 | 16 | 16 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 11 | 30 | 30 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 17 | 49 | 49 |
| Observation start time: | 07:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 11 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Mustafa Onder Ersin |
Visitors:
16 visitors stopped to talk. None came to watch migration.
Weather:
Upon arrival it was snowing lightly with low cloud obscuring ridges up to 20%. Around 10 AM the sky began to clear, with 20-50% cloud cover making for good observing conditions into the afternoon. Later in the afternoon cloud increased and by 5 PM light snow was again falling, obscuring ridges up to 20%. Ground wind was from the north, light in the morning but gusting up to 30 km/h in the afternoon. Despite the north wind at ground level ridge wind was from the southwest, light to moderate in the morning and usually strong in the afternoon. The temperature was -17C in the morning and it reached a high of -5C around 1 PM.
Raptor Observations:
11 Golden Eagles (9a, 1sa, 1u) and 6 adult Bald Eagles braved the cold conditions. Most of them used the eastern ridges and were detected around the north side of the Fisher Range or Mt. Lorette. One Bald Eagle used the west side of the valley. Peak migration was between 2 and 3 PM when 7 Golden Eagles and 3 Bald Eagles passed by.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Merganser 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Canada Jay 2 Common Raven 7 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Boreal Chickadee 1 American Dipper 1 Pine Grosbeak 1 Red Crossbill 1 Pine Siskin 3
Red Squirrel 4
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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