Mount Lorette (09 Nov 2022) 15 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2022 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 5 | 19 | 104 |
| 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 | 10 | 86 | 2313 |
| 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 | 3 | 24 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Total: | 15 | 111 | 2661 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Lynette MacCulloch |
Visitors:
10 visitors passed through the meadow
Weather:
It was a cold morning with a low of -21 C which rose to a high of -7 C by the end of the day. The sky was almost entirely clear with just a trace of cumulus cloud in the afternoon. The wind was very light at both ground and ridge level and varied between SW and N.
Raptor Observations:
Migrants were moving low along the eastern ridges, often passing in front of or behind the parts of the Fisher Range. They were mostly detected around Mt. Patrick or farther south, though a few were seen farther north near Mt. Lorette. With hardly any wind and seemingly minor thermals migrants had to use powered flight to cover any distance. Migration was slow in the morning but picked up a bit in the afternoon with a peak of 6 migrants between 1 and 2 pm. The total count was 10 Golden Eagles (8 adults, 1 juvenile, 1 unaged) and 5 adult Bald Eagles. A resident adult Bald Eagle perched for a while over the river near the site.
Non-raptor Observations:
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Northwestern) 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Shrike 1 Canada Jay 1 Common Raven 3 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Mountain Chickadee 2 Boreal Chickadee 2 chickadee sp. 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Dipper 2 Bohemian Waxwing 40 Pine Grosbeak 5
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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