Mount Lorette (10 Mar 2025) 10 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American 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 | 8 | 41 | 41 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 10 | 51 | 51 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Lori Anderson |
| Observers: | Neil Denton |
Visitors:
We only had one visitor today, a very friendly and inquisitive girl from Quebec.
Weather:
A fresh foot of snow had fallen overnight and tree branches snapped, no longer able to bear the weight as we slowly plowed our way in silence along the trail. White figures with ghoulish faces engulfed the small trees transforming the landscape into a dreamlike movie set. It took the sharp buzz of a Varied Thrush to snap us out of our dreamy Winterland trance. The temperature started out at â4C, gradually creeping up to 0.5 by 15:00 and staying the same until the count finalized. Ground winds averaged between 5 and 12 SSW all day with a few gusts here and there. Ridge winds were moderate and strong from the West forming plumes. It snowed during the first few hours and by 11 the sun was able to spend a bit more time freely shining on us between the cumulous clouds. A snow squall to the South and West was kept at bay throughout most of the day with only a few intrusions.
Raptor Observations:
The eagles flew quite low today, coming in from behind the Fisher range then gliding and flapping along the face of Mt. Patrick and on over to Mt. Lorette. When the winds picked up, they were able to glide and soar above the ridge line. The total migrant count was 8 adult Golden Eagles and 2 adult Bald Eagles. One resident adult Bald eagle flew south along the river and one resident adult Golden Eagle landed to roost on a tree on Mt. Patrick later in the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
1 Varied Thrush, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 1 Chickadee, 40 Bohemian Waxwings. 7 Ravens, 1 Black-billed Magpie, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch and 5 White-Tailed Deer.
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