Mount Lorette (14 Mar 2023) 72 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 14, 2023 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 7 | 25 | 25 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 65 | 110 | 110 |
| 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 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 72 | 140 | 140 |
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 19:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 10.75 hours |
| Official Counter | Ethan Denton |
| Observers: | Bill McKeeman |
Visitors:
We had 11 visitors today, including a young birder from Calgary who got to see his lifer Golden Eagles.
Weather:
A still-falling layer of snow coated the sight at dawn, but the clouds lightened quickly. By 10, it was a gorgeous day, largely sunny and with no more precipitation of significance. It was warm, between -3 and +1 for the whole day.
Raptor Observations:
The floodgates finally opened on the eagle front today! We observed 65 Golden Eagles, and 7 migratory Bald Eagles. Almost all of our birds were moving quite fast, relatively low, and on the eastern Ridgeline. There were two non-migratory Bald Eagles – one adult which showed several times, and an immature bird which I’ve observed flying along the river numerous times in recent weeks.
Non-raptor Observations:
Of the most note, the first migratory American Robins of the season flew up the valley in the morning. There’s not too much else to report – a flock of Bohemian Waxwings, plus some chickadees and a Brown Creeper on the walk in.
Report submitted by Ethan Denton (ethan@suechick.com)
Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Dunkadoo – [Project Details]
