Mount Lorette (05 Nov 2022) Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2022 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 7 | 92 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Golden Eagle | 0 | 71 | 2298 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Total: | 0 | 83 | 2633 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 10:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 1.92 hours |
| Official Counter | Caroline Lambert |
| Observers: | Lynn Macintosh |
Visitors:
A family of five from Ontario was looking for Troll Falls. We helped them find the route, and they learned a bit about the count in the process.
Weather:
We tried. Between one dump of about 6cm of snow and before the next snowfall was to arrive, there appeared to be a period of clearer weather this morning. Sure enough, on arrival at the count site the east ridge was clear. But not for long. For a while all the peaks kept disappearing and appearing again, but soon everything closed in, snow started falling, and we gave up.
Raptor Observations:
One Bald Eagle was seen, but it was flying north down the river.
Non-raptor Observations:
Besides the eagle, there were a couple of ravens flying around, two American Dippers on the river, and a mixed flock of chickadees on the trail as we left.
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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 Dunkadoo – [Project Details]
