Mount Lorette (04 Oct 2025) 30 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 11 | 41 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 8 | 30 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 20 | 129 | 271 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Unknown Raptor | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Total: | 30 | 178 | 423 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8.85 hours |
| Official Counter | Cameron Harvey |
| Observers: | Caroline Lambert, Lynette MacCulloch |
Visitors:
30 visitors stopped to say hi and ask about the count. 4 visitors stopped for a brief amount of time to help spot with binoculars. 2 visitors helped spot for several hours and found several eagles, thank-you Daniel and Kari!
Weather:
The day’s temperature started at 2 C and rose to a high of 8 C. Despite an ominous forecast, the morning started out beautiful. The skies became overcast by noon, but the weather held on until 16:45 MST when the forecasted cold front hit with driving sleet and thunder. Ground winds were generally from the north and were calm/light for most of the day. Ridgetop winds were generally calm/light with Nakiska weather station recording dead calm for several hours during the count, which must be a rare event.
Raptor Observations:
The count consisted of 20 Golden Eagles (9a,4sa,1j,4ua,2 undifferentiated immature), 1 Bald Eagle (juvenile), 2 Cooper’s Hawk, 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Unknown Accipiter, 2 Unknown small raptor. A resident Goshawk was seen over Nakiska. Flightpath was variable during the day with a fairly even split between East and West ridges. A common theme was low flight paths and slower than normal travel likely due to the lack of ridgetop winds.
Non-raptor Observations:
Non raptor observations included: 19 Canada Geese, 2 Ruffed Grouse, 1 Varied Thrush, 40+ American Robins, 150+ Pine Siskins, 11 Common Ravens, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 3 Black-capped Chickadees, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 1 Northern Flicker, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 American Dippers, 2 Mountain Chickadees, 1 Blue Jay
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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]
