Mount Lorette (24 Sep 2026) 15 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 | 10 | 10 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 2 | 24 | 24 |
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Raptor | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total: | 15 | 75 | 75 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Peter Lloyd |
Visitors:
31 people walked by, while 6 people chatted including Paris from Australia who helped us look for Eagles while her partner did the Mt Allan traverse.
Weather:
Upon arrival at the observation site, the temperature was 0 degrees Celsius. The temp quickly rose and by mid-afternoon was 14 degrees, back down to 12 degrees at home time. The skies were very clear with some light cirrus patches from time to time which would easily disappear, then in early afternoon lenticular clouds and cumulus clouds began to show up and by 1600 there was quite a lot of high cloud that was moving moderately fast. The ground winds were very light but did pick up to Beaufort wind scale of 3 from the north but by 1730 the wind had died away. Ridge winds were light gusting 32km at times, high winds moderate from the south west.
Raptor Observations:
Today ‘s count of raptors included 2 adult Golden Eagles, 2 adult Bald Eagles, 2 Unknown Eagles, 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Broadwing Hawk, 3 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Unknown Accipiter and 1 Unknown Raptor for a total of 15 migrating birds. We also saw 2 hunting Redtails and a hunting adult Goshawk. The birds all came from either Colembola or Hummingbird are and flew on the west side of the valley in front of Nakiska or Bogart, until 15: and the last 3 birds flew from west Lorette to Patrick and disappeared behind Patrick. the Broadwing Hawk was our first bird, quite easy to see as it was not that high in the sky unlike most of the birds which were too high to age.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds and animals were, Dark-eyed Juncos, Black-capped Chickadees, 2 white crowned Sparrows, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5 American robins, 1 Dipper, 1 Common Merganser, 2 Magpies, 1 Canada Jay, 1 Northern Flicker, 2 Pine siskins, 10 Common Ravens, a Mourning cloak Butterfly and a Bat of which I do not know the kind.
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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]
