Mount Lorette (09 Apr 2026) 3 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 14 | 76 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Golden Eagle | 1 | 54 | 1080 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Total: | 3 | 99 | 1223 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Bill McKeeman, Guy Kerr |
Visitors:
9 visitors stopped by, Thank you to Ruth for keeping us company and chatting to the visitors1
Weather:
Another gorgeous sun washed day at Hay Meadows! The temperature started out at minus 1 and rose to plus 4. the winds were light starting north west switching to northeast and then southwest generally 5-6 km/hour gusting to 11 km/hour as the day wore on. Ridge winds were light until mid afternoon when some snow could be seen rising from the bumps and Mt McDougall. High winds also light to moderate, moving the few cumulus clouds we could see slowly across the sky.
Raptor Observations:
Despite our diligent searching of the sky only 3 raptors were spotted migrating. One Golden eagle (sa) seen going behind Patrick and out the other side, an unknown Eagle seen to the left of Mt Lorette and a Coopers Hawk. The resident Red-tailed Hawk put in an appearance several times on both sides of the valley and was hunting right over the ski runs on Nakiska.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds ween and heard were, 5 Dark eyed Juncos, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, 2 golden-crowned Kinglets, 10 American Robins, 8 Common Ravens, 3Northern Flickers, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 4 Mountain bluebirds, 2 Pine Grosbeaks, 1 tree Swallow, 1 Evening Grosbeak, 1 American Dipper,14 bohemian Waxwings and a pair of Canada Geese who hung out on the river all day. 8 white tailed deer crossed the river a couple of times and settled in the meadow
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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]
