Mount Lorette (06 Oct 2024) 119 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 16 | 28 | 46 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| American Goshawk | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Golden Eagle | 94 | 311 | 574 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Total: | 119 | 371 | 694 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 19:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 10.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Ethan Denton |
| Observers: | Allison Zukewich, Caroline Lambert |
Visitors:
19
Weather:
Temperatures of between 5 and 15 degrees made for a pleasant day, while ground winds stayed between 7-9km/h. Ridge winds were a little low to start at 22km/h, but rose to 43km/h with gusts of up to 57km/h. Cloud coverage was 90% for the majority of the day, falling to 50 by the end of the count.
Raptor Observations:
We finished with 94 Golden Eagles. It was a slow start with only 2 eagles before 12pm, but what it lacked in eagles the morning made up for with a flight of Sharp-shinned Hawks which made for a total of 16 for the day. The majority of Golden Eagles came between 16:00 and 17:00 with 26 birds. The vast majority of eagles drifted across low or at ridge level towards Patrick, soaring and gliding but without much exertion required. Late in the day, the flight path rose well above Patrick and passing eagles glided over effortlessly. Our resident Goshawk, a resident Golden Eagle, and two resident Bald Eagles all made appearances.
Non-raptor Observations:
It was a big day for Robins, with 286 migrating along the valley in scattered groups throughout the morning. The Canada Jays are getting very bold and managed to steal some of Allison’s sandwich while we were distracted. In total, other observations were: 1 Ruffed Grouse, 5 Ring-billed Gull, 2 California Gull, 1 Larus sp., 1 Common Loon, 1 Great Horned Owl, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Northern Flicker, 3 Canada Jay, 16 Common Raven, 5 Mountain Chickadee, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3 Brown Creeper, 286 American Robin, 4 American Pipit, 12 Pine Siskin, 1 Dark-eyed Junco, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler.
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