Mount Lorette (19 Apr 2026) 9 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 19, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Osprey | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 25 | 87 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 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 | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Golden Eagle | 5 | 103 | 1129 |
| 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: | 9 | 177 | 1301 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Ethan Denton |
| Observers: |
Visitors:
56 people walked by, of which a dozen stopped to talk. Thanks to Christine for staying and watching for a bit!
Weather:
Beautiful amd balmy! Temperatures rose to 10�C, and ground winds stayed low throughout. A mix of clouds included cumulus, cirrus, stratus and lenticular, but never covered more than half the sky at a time. Ridge winds were mostly around 25km/h.
Raptor Observations:
The eagles that did come through did so singly and well-spaced. Three went over the Eastern ridge, and two moved high across the west. Also migrating were three Red-tailed Hawks, and the season’s first Osprey, which appeared wheeled northwards left of Lorette.
Local birds included two adult Bald Eagles, one Golden, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, and a Merlin which spent a lot of breath harassing one of the migrant Red-tails.
Non-raptor Observations:
The bird of the day was probably a flamboyant (loud) Red-naped Sapsucker. Tree Swallows flew up and down the river throughout the afternoon, and a female Mountain Bluebird showed briefly. Three Northern Pintail whistled high over the ridgeline, a Pacific Wren popped by and the usual handful of sparrow species could be heard singing all morning.
Report submitted by Ethan Denton (ethan@suechick.com)
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]
