Mount Lorette (10 Nov 2024) 19 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 7 | 33 | 108 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 94 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Golden Eagle | 11 | 146 | 2753 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Total: | 19 | 184 | 3065 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 8.33 hours |
| Official Counter | Ethan Denton |
| Observers: | Allison Zukewich |
Visitors:
19 people stopped to talk. We were also lucky to have MRU student Xavier help out for the day.
Weather:
The start of the day was delayed by a heavy fog hanging over the valley, but it dissipated around 09:30 and from then on the day was as clear as could be hoped for. Temperature at the site ranged from 0 to a high of 5 degrees, and ground winds never exceeded 3 beaufort. The pressure dropped only a little from 854 to 852. After the morning cleared, clouds were primarily cirrus, cirro-stratus, or cumulus, and never covered more than 50% of the sky at any given time.
Raptor Observations:
Eagles came in little pulses, never more than 3 birds at a time. Every raptor migrated low along the eastern ridge, gliding, soaring, and later in the day, flapping. The final count was 11 Golden Eagles, 7 Bald Eagles, and a Rough-legged Hawk. The resident American Goshawk hunted over Hummingbird Plume during the morning, and a resident subadult Bald Eagle circled Lorette before drifting off north, never to be seen again.
Non-raptor Observations:
A late Song Sparrow foraged along the river and at one point underneath our bench. The Northern Pygmy-Owl was present in the morning and offered some wonderful views. Other than those, a fairly average day on the other observations front.
The full list is: 12 Canada Goose, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 6 Common Loon, 1 Northern Pygmy-Owl, 4 Canada Jay, 10 Common Raven, 1 American Dipper, 40 Bohemian Waxwing, 1 Redpoll, 10 Pine Siskin, 1 Song Sparrow.
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