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Mount Lorette (03 Nov 2024) 33 Raptors

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Mount Lorette
Alberta, Canada

Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2024
Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 3 13 88
Northern Harrier 0 0 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 93
Cooper’s Hawk 0 0 4
American Goshawk 0 0 15
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Swainson’s Hawk 0 0 1
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 18
Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 19
Golden Eagle 30 78 2685
American Kestrel 0 0 4
Merlin 0 0 4
Gyrfalcon 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 6
Prairie Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 7
Unknown Buteo 0 0 2
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 7
Unknown Raptor 0 0 10
Total: 33 91 2972
Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9.52 hours
Official Counter Ethan Denton, Ethan Denton
Observers:

Visitors:
12 people stopped to talk

Weather:
It was a nice, crisp fall day with temperatures ranging between -3 and +3 degrees. The ground wind was relatively light, around 2-3 Beaufort throughout. Cirrus and small cumulus clouds covered about 20% of the sky. Barometric pressure stayed consistent at 849 for most of the day.

Raptor Observations:
A couple Golden Eagles drifted through early on, but it wasn’t until the late afternoon that a bigger push came. Between 15:00 and 16:00 11 Goldens passed over, 8 of which came in one loose group. Almost all of today’s raptors came gliding over the eastern ridges, not very high. In total, 30 Golden Eagles and 3 Balds were seen. The resident Goshawk was also present for parts of the day.

Non-raptor Observations:
It was a good day for non-raptors, one highlight being a late female Mountain Bluebird. The non-raptor list reads as follows. 3 Canada Jay, 1 Black-billed Magpie, 14 Common Raven, 3 Black-capped Chickadee, 2 Mountain Chickadee, 2 Brown Creeper, 1 Mountain Bluebird, 1 American Dipper, 1 Pine Grosbeak, 11 Redpoll, 1 Snow Bunting, 1 Dark-eyed Junco.


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