Mount Lorette (17 Mar 2026) 33 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 19 | 19 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American 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 | 30 | 279 | 279 |
| 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 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total: | 33 | 309 | 309 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 19:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 10.87 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Glenn Webber, Lynette MacCulloch |
Visitors:
Three women from Lethbridge stopped by, one with her binoculars and scope to briefly watch and a school group from Canmore came for a short introduction to Eagle counting.
Weather:
Today started out at a temperature of plus 4 and ended at plus 8. Heavy clouds covered the south half of the west ridge all day, nimbostratus, cumulus and high cirrus clouds circulated over the sky in varying degrees of coverage. The northern skies stayed predominantly blue with accompanying cumulus clouds. Grounds winds were 2-3 beaufort wind scale with gusts up to 6. Ridge winds were anywhere from 20km/hr. to 80 km/hr. with lots of snow spinning off the ridgetops. High winds were moderately strong to very strong. Throughout the afternoon a fine mist sprayed us carried by the strong winds.
Raptor Observations:
The raptors just materialized out of nothing, over Patrick, then Lorette, most moving at such a rapid pace that aging them was impossible Later a few came over the giving us a little more time to look at them. There were 30 Golden eagles, 12 adult, 16 unaged, 2 subadults, 2 adult Bald eagles, and 1 unknown eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds were 4 Mountain chickadees,2 Black-capped chickadees, one Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3 White-winged crossbills, one American Robin, one European starling,4 Pine Siskins and 9 Ravens flying about, one with nesting material in its beak. The resident Goshawk was seen hunting over Skogan pass, and a Golden eagle was seen touring the valley north to south which we thought was likely the resident. Six white-tailed deer were seen in the meadow.
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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]
