Mount Lorette (09 Nov 2026) 26 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 09, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 32 | 85 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 84 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| Golden Eagle | 24 | 245 | 2340 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Total: | 26 | 293 | 2669 |
| Observation start time: | 09:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:15:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8.75 hours |
| Official Counter | Lori Anderson |
| Observers: | Bill McKeeman, Lynette MacCulloch |
Visitors:
Only a handful of visitors made it near the site today.
Weather:
The temperature started at �2C and reached a high of 4C then fell to 3C at the end of the day. Ground winds were calm in the morning and picked up a bit around noon from the SW. The strongest gust only reached about 11 Km/h. At ridge level, winds were also slow, between 10 and 35 km/h, with gusts to 43 km/h. Cloud cover varied throughout the day, from 100% Altostratus and Stratocumulus to lighter coverage of Cirrus and some really fun, odd-looking amoeba-shaped lenticular clouds.
Raptor Observations:
Despite the low SW winds, the Eagles were able to glide without flapping along the Eastern range where all of today’s movement took place. Most appeared above, below and beside the smiles of Patrick. Some must have come up from behind Patrick and appeared over the “bumps” of Fisher North. The total for today was 24 Golden Eagles (13 adults, 1 subadult, 4 juveniles, 6 unidentified), and 2 adult Bald Eagles. Not bad for a cold day in November. A non-migrant adult Bald Eagle was seen perching for long periods on different trees along the river throughout the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 Boreal Chickadee, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 4 Canada Jays, 1 Pine Grosbeak, 1 Black-billed Magpie, 10 Ravens.
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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