Mount Lorette (10 Mar 2024) 7 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 10, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 7 | 51 | 51 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 7 | 59 | 59 |
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Jessica Banas |
| Observers: | Jennifer Brand |
Visitors:
The ski hill remained closed and foot traffic was minimal today. There were 7 people that stopped by to chat, including one of observers Allison.
Weather:
The day started off around -6C and slowly warmed throughout the day, finishing at 0C. It was quite breezy all day on the ground, around 15km SW. At ridge level, the winds seemed quite strong, approximately 40-80km SW. Cloud cover was light for most of the morning, however snow clouds developed into the afternoon which led to on and off snow obscuring the ridgeline.
Raptor Observations:
With DST this morning, the birds took a little while to get moving. One early juvenile was spotted on a unique path from Patrick to Lorette. Later in the afternoon the birds found a common path along the east ridgeline. In all Golden Eagles included 2j, 2a,1sa, 2u. 1 local adult Bald Eagle was seen multiple times during the day, identified easily by a chunk of missing flight feathers. At the very end of the day, once the snow had taken over both the east & west ridges, a subadult Golden Eagle was chased by a Raven from Patrick back to Fisher, and disappeared into the snow moving quickly South. This bird was not included as a migrant.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds included 2 Mountain Chickadees and 3 Ravens.
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