Mount Lorette (10 Oct 2026) 3 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 42 | 70 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| Golden Eagle | 1 | 529 | 795 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| Total: | 3 | 628 | 994 |
| Observation start time: | 12:30:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 4 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: |
Visitors:
15 people stopped briefly at the site. None stayed to look for migrants.
Weather:
Snow and low cloud obscured the mountains in the morning, which delayed the start of the count until ridge visibility improved around 1:30 PM. The temperature was 2 C for most of the afternoon but fell to 1 as I was leaving. Ground wind was gusting up to 30 km/h from the north. Ridge wind was light from the NE. West ridges were 40-100% obscured and east ridges were obscured up to 20%. Cloud cover was 100%. It was snowing lightly on and off. The count was concluded at 5:30 PM as the weather began to deteriorate again.
Raptor Observations:
The only migrant raptors were 1 unaged Golden Eagle and 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks. Two local goshawks (an adult and a juvenile) were also seen.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds were 1 Canada Jay, 5 Common Ravens, 1 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 Mountain Chickadee, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets, and 1 Dark-eyed Junco.
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
