Mount Lorette (03 Apr 2025) 5 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 03, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 2 | 58 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 4 | 58 | 996 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 5 | 65 | 1079 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Neil Denton |
Visitors:
12 visitors came by, 6 stopped to chat.
Weather:
Arriving at the site in a bit of a snowstorm with only Mt Lorette visible, the start was delayed will 10:00.Temperatures started at minus 5 went up to plus 1 and then back down to minus 1 when we left. Almost complete cloud cover to start which cracked open in the middle of the sky with a bit of blue showing and spread to create a ring of clouds around the periphery. After the snow stopped were pelted with a bit of graupel. The mostly cumulus clouds came and went with almost imperceptible movement. There was no scudding across the valley more of a slow morphing from one shape to another as high winds were very low mostly from the North or North west and ridge winds occasionally could be seen moving the lower clouds from the North east. Ground winds were low from the North and Northeast. Once or twice the ground wind was from the west or south, always changing but always light.
Raptor Observations:
The first raptor seen was a Juvenile Bald eagle was flew across the valley west to east and then turned and flew up the river. The adult Bald eagle flew from the south right over top of us at tree top level when we had two visitors who were thrilled to see it. A Red-tailed Hawk flew south along the river in hunting mode. The actual migrating bird numbers were very low. There were 4 Golden Eagles ( 2a, 1sa, 1u) and 1 juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. Three of the eagles came from Patrick and one was seen over Skogan pass trying to climb before sailing off. they all flapped at some point as the wind was not helpful
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds seen at the site were: 5 Black-capped Chickadees 3 Dark -eyed Juncos 2 Starlings 4 Bohemian Waxwings 12 Ravens 10 Mallard Ducks 1 American Tree Sparrow !Song Sparrow ! Dipper 4 Robins 1 Hairy woodpecker
Predictions:
Hopefully tomorrow will be a more productive day if there is some wind.
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