Mount Lorette (10 Apr 2026) 5 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 10, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 14 | 76 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Golden Eagle | 5 | 59 | 1085 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Total: | 5 | 104 | 1228 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7.72 hours |
| Official Counter | Caroline Lambert |
| Observers: | Tiina Moore |
Visitors:
17 people stopped to ask about the count. A couple helped spot for the first two hours.
Weather:
It was another day of low winds and few raptors. The starting temperature was 2C. It rose to 10C and stayed there for the rest of the day. Ground winds were mostly light, with occasional gusts up to 15kph, enough to offset the warmth from the sun. Ridge winds were deemed to be low – no snow was seen blowing off the ridges anywhere. Cirrus clouds covered the sky most of the day, slowly vanishing until there was mostly blue sky at the end of the day.
Raptor Observations:
The first two Golden Eagles were seen before noon, which was a promising start to the day. However, only three more were seen after that. Most needed to soar to gain height, and then glided off to the northwest. Two were on the west ridge and three on the east ridge. There were 2 adults, one non-adult, one subadult, and one unaged.
No other migrating raptors were seen. Local, non-migrants were a couple of Red-tailed Hawks, an American Goshawk, a Golden Eagle, and two Bald Eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds were the drumming Ruffed Grouse, an American Three-toed Woodpecker, a Hairy Woodpecker, two Downy Woodpeckers, one or more Northern Flickers, one American Crow, about eight Common Ravens, one Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 10 American Robins, 30 Bohemian Waxwings, two Dark-eyed Juncos (singing), two Red-winged Blackbirds, and one seemingly lonely and lost female House Sparrow.
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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]
