Mount Lorette (22 Sep 2025) 13 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Goshawk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 7 | 11 | 11 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 2 | 15 | 15 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Total: | 13 | 49 | 49 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Dan Parliament |
| Observers: | Peter Lloyd |
Visitors:
We had 12 interested visitors today and several who stayed to observe the migration. Thank you to Gabriele, Ed and Sheba for your company and assistance.
Weather:
It was a beautiful day for the observers with perfect blue skies throughout the day with temperatures increasing from -2C at opening to 18 C at 1500 hrs (MDT). The surface winds were SW at 0-5 increasing to a gentle 5-10 km/hr for the last two hours of the count. Ridge winds were generally from the SW with speeds from 30 to 60 km/hr, and likely unfavourable for migration.
Raptor Observations:
The raptor migration count was 13 birds. Two adult Golden Eagles were observed with the first observation at 1045 (MDT). The flight consisted of 7 adult Red-tail Hawks, dispersed throughout the day, two unaged Osprey, one unaged American Goshawk, and one unaged Northern Harrier.
Non-raptor Observations:
4 Common Merganser, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 2 Northern Flicker, 2 Black-billed Magpie, 12 Common Raven, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 34 Pine Siskin, 2 Song Sparrow, 2 Swamp Sparrow, 2 Common Yellowthroat (female)
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
