The Fall 2021 Migration Count has commenced and runs from Sep 20th until Nov 15th with observers at the Mount Lorette site daily — including viewing equipment available to the public. If interested in visiting the site, we suggest that you visit after 3pm. We see the majority of the migrating eagles in the later afternoon. This is the 29th consecutive year of vigilant recording. Mount Lorette site, Observation map.
Related links: Count Reports
Observations
Total Migratory Raptors: 3,520
09/24/2021
Observers: Caroline Lambert, Rick Robb
07:35 AM
07:50 PM
0ºC - 18ºC
Although the temperature started out at freezing, it quickly rose through the day to a balmy and unseasonable 18ºC at the end, when high cirrus clouds had given way to what appeared to be a Chinook arch. There was a trickle of birds during the morning, with several juvenile eagles using thermals to make slow forward progress. The more experienced adults waited until afternoon, when the wind had picked up, and there was a steady stream of them from 2pm onwards. All migrants were found along the east ridge.
56 (41 adults, 2 subadults, 4 juveniles, 9 indeterminate)
4 Bald Eagles, 5 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 3 Northern Goshawks, I Red-tailed Hawk
16:00-17:00
70
2 Northern Goshawks, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Golden Eagle
Northern Flicker 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
Clark's Nutcracker 1
Common Raven 3
Mountain Chickadee 2
Boreal Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 2
American Dipper 1
Varied Thrush 1
American Robin 86
White-winged Crossbill 50
Pine Siskin 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 2
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