Mount Lorette (08 Nov 2026) 14 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 08, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Bald Eagle | 4 | 30 | 83 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 84 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| Golden Eagle | 7 | 221 | 2316 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Total: | 14 | 267 | 2643 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Cameron Harvey |
| Observers: | Caroline Lambert, Jennifer Brand |
Visitors:
11 people stopped to ask about the count and 3 people brought their own binoculars to help spot for an hour. Unfortunately they came right as the main rain squall for the day came in and were unable to see any raptors.
Weather:
Weather for the day was generally cloudy with continuous light rain and the odd squall with heavier rain/snow. The temperature at count start was 3C and rose to a high of 4C before dropping to 2C at count end. Surface winds were generally light from the SW. Ridge winds were from the SW of variable intensity, with gusts recorded to 128 km/h at the count start, generally getting lighter during mid day (15 km/h at 13:00) and were starting to rise again towards the end of the count. Ridge visibility was variable, with all ridges at 0 visibility from ~12:30-13:30, however the East ridge was visible for most of the rest of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Flight today was generally over the East ridge except for one Golden Eagle that was seen over Lorette and disappeared low well behind Mount Patrick and a Bald Eagle that went above the count site heading towards Mount Kidd. Mount Lorette was in clouds most of the day so raptors were mainly picked up over Patrick. Flight was exclusively fast gliding eagles without soaring or flapping. Poor light made aging difficult. Migrant raptor totals = Golden Eagles: 7 (2a, 5u), Bald Eagles: 4 (1a, 2j, 1sa), 1 Unidentified Eagle, 1 Rough-legged Hawk and 1 Osprey.
Two adult bald eagles spent the last hour of the count perched across the river and were considered non-migrants.
Non-raptor Observations:
Non-raptors included: 1 Ruffed Grouse, 1 American Dipper, 2 Mountain Chickadees, 3 Pine Siskins, 3 Black-capped Chickadees, 4 Canada Jays, Common Raven were present.
One Mule Deer was seen on the walk in and two White-tailed Deer were seen in the meadow.
Predictions:
Tomorrow should have more sunshine and winds from the SW.
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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]
