Mount Lorette (02 Oct 2026) 48 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 8 | 9 | 37 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Golden Eagle | 36 | 75 | 341 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total: | 48 | 90 | 456 |
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 10 hours |
| Official Counter | Ethan Denton , Ruth Morrow |
| Observers: |
Visitors:
About 80 people dropped by today
Weather:
The sky was overcast and threatened to turn for most of the day, but the weather never fully materialised in the valley. The very edge of rain touched our count site a couple times, but the Eastern ridge was never properly obscured. Temps ranged from 3 to 10 degrees, and the wind stayed low for the most part.
Raptor Observations:
Golden Eagle movement got off to a quick start, with a good push of birds along Patrick and the bumps. Despite the promising start, the passage dried up quickly and we finished with only 36 for the day. Nine Goldens in the first full hour of observation represented the busiest point of the day.
As well as GOEAs, we observed 8 Sharp-shinned Hawks and a brace each of Bald Eagle and Red-tailed Hawk.
The resident Goshawk and a resident Golden both made appearances.
Non-raptor Observations:
It was mostly a quiet day on the non-raptor front,but a fascinating moment in the late morning saw approximately 30 Common Loons swirling around at high-elevation, gaining height before moving at great speed southwards over the valley.
Other birds of note included an adult American Herring Gull over the Eastern ridge, as well as a young Common Merganser apparently molting into adult plumage.
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]
