Mount Lorette (18 Apr 2026) 11 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 18, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 | 25 | 87 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 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 | 14 | 22 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Golden Eagle | 7 | 98 | 1124 |
| 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 | 2 | 3 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Total: | 11 | 168 | 1292 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Sonya Pollock |
Visitors:
20 People stopped to talk, and 1 came with binoculars to watch for migrants.
Weather:
The temperature was 0 C at the start of the count, then it rose to 6 and remained there until the end of observation. Wind was from the W-SW, light in the morning then gusting up to 20 km/h in the afternoon at ground level, and gusting around 30 throughout the day at ridge level. Cloud cover was 10-20% cirrus in the morning, then increased to 80% various cloud types later in the day.
Raptor Observations:
Most of the day’s migrants passed in a short “rush” between 2:40 and 3 PM. The count was 7 Golden Eagles (2 juveniles, 1 subadult, 2 undifferentiated immature, 2 unaged), 3 Bald Eagles (2 adults, 1 subadult), and 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk. Most of them were moving over or low in front of the west ridges. Local raptors included at least 2 adult Bald Eagles, one Golden Eagle that perched on Olympic Summit for several hours in the afternoon, and 2 Red-tailed Hawk pairs. 1 of those pairs was hunting to the north near Mt. Lorette and Hummingbird Plume Hill, and the other to the east and south along the Fisher Range.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Canada Geese, 2 Common Mergansers, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 1 Northern Flicker, 12 Ravens, 2 Black-capped, 1 Mountain, and 1 Boreal Chickadees, 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Varied Thrushes, 15 American Robins, 15 Bohemian Waxwings, 2 Pine Siskins, 2 Fox Sparrows, 12 Dark-eyed Juncos. 4 White-tailed Deer and 11 Bighorn Sheep were also seen.
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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Count data submitted via Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
