Mount Lorette (30 Oct 2024) 11 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 60 | 71 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 75 | 93 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Golden Eagle | 10 | 2318 | 2581 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Total: | 11 | 2526 | 2849 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:15:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Caroline Lambert |
| Observers: | Colin Stallknecht |
Visitors:
No passers by stopped to talk. We thank Numi for showing up in the afternoon with binoculars and helping spot for a while.
Weather:
The starting temperature was -4C. It rose to +4C and finished at 0C. The sky was clear all day, apart from a few wisps of cirrus cloud. Ground winds were light. Ridge winds were also light, mostly from a southerly direction, never exceeding 17kph. Upper winds were unknown.
Raptor Observations:
No migrating raptors were seen until after 14:00. The few that were spotted were flying low along the east ridge – none of them got higher than the highest point on Patrick. The end total was just 10 Golden Eagles (6a, 1sa, 1ui, 2u), and one unidentified eagle.
The only raptors seen on the west ridge did not appear to be migrating – two appearances of an adult Golden Eagle, and one adult Bald Eagle. An American Goshawk flew low across the meadow at one point, disappearing into the forest north of the site.
Non-raptor Observations:
There was one unusual sight in the early morning – three American Dippers together at the edge of the river. After a brief stop in front of the site, they flew off together down the river. It’s unusual to see two together, let alone three! Later a single dipper came by.
Other birds were: 3 Canada Jays, 15 Common Ravens, 2 Pine Siskins
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