Mount Lorette (06 Nov 2022) 1 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 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 | 1 | 72 | 2299 |
| 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: | 1 | 84 | 2634 |
| Observation start time: | 08:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 5.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Allison Zukewich |
Visitors:
Four visitors stopped by the site
Weather:
At sunrise in the Kananaskis Valley snow was falling and low cloud obscured all mountain ridges. The start of the count was delayed until 8:30 am when blue sky appeared and the eastern ridges partially cleared. Light snow continued to fall throughout the count, and unfortunately the clearing didn’t last long. Around 10:30 am the sky began to close in again, and by 2 pm the count was abandoned as low cloud returned bringing heavier snow. Wind was 10-20 km/h from the NE-NNE at ground and ridge level. If the snow wasn’t enough temperature between -12 and -13 C really made it feel like winter.
Raptor Observations:
The count consisted of a single hardy Golden Eagle seen over the Fisher Range around noon.
Non-raptor Observations:
74 Canada Geese flying south 1 Black-billed Magpie 4 Common Ravens 1 Mountain Chickadee 2 chickadee sp. 5 Golden-crowned Kinglets 1 American Dipper 1 Lapland Longspur 4 Dark-eyed Juncos
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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]
