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Mount Lorette (09 Oct 2024) 17 Raptors

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Mount Lorette
Alberta, Canada

Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2024
Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 1 9 20
Northern Harrier 1 1 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 30 48
Cooper’s Hawk 0 3 4
American Goshawk 0 6 6
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Swainson’s Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 1 7 15
Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2 2
Golden Eagle 13 475 738
American Kestrel 0 1 4
Merlin 0 1 4
Gyrfalcon 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 5
Prairie Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 4
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 4 4
Unknown Raptor 0 1 7
Total: 17 546 869
Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 10.17 hours
Official Counter Dan Parliament
Observers: Lynette MacCulloch

Visitors:
A total of 16 Visitors. A special thank you to George Halmazna who assisted with observation and aging in the morning.

Weather:
Overall ground weather conditions were reasonable with opening temperatures of 4 C and a closing temperature of 10 C at 1820 hrs. Ground winds were predominately from the NE switching to Northerly after 1400 hrs and ranging from 5-25 km/hr. Ridges winds were SSW from 40-50 with gusts to 80 km/hr. Presumably, the strong Southwesterly winds prevented a significant raptor movement. From 1700-1800 hrs rain to drizzle occurred and after the observers reached the parking lot a strong rain shower ensued.

Raptor Observations:
A total raptor flight of 17 birds was recorded for the day. The migrant flight consisted of: Golden Eagle x 13 (Adult x 8, Juvenile x 1, Unaged x 4) Northern Harrier x 1 (Unaged x 1) Sharp-shinned Hawk x 1 (Unaged x 1) Bald Eagle x 1 (Adult x 1) Red-tailed Hawk x 1 (Adult x 1)

Non-raptor Observations:
Canada Goose x 90 (two flocks 60 + 30) Belted Kingfisher x 2 Northern Shrike x 1 Canada Jay x 2 Blue Jay x 1 Black-billed Magpie x 1 Common Raven x 14 Black-capped Chickadee x American Dipper x 1 White-crowned Sparrow x 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler x 1


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