Mount Lorette (11 Apr 2024) 9 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 16 | 75 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 17 | 20 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Golden Eagle | 6 | 168 | 1753 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 9 | 219 | 1892 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 16:15:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Jessica Banas |
| Observers: | Caroline Lambert, Lynette MacCulloch |
Visitors:
We had 7 visitors throughout the day who stopped to talk, but otherwise the trail was quiet. Special thanks to our Observer Caroline for stopping by in the afternoon.
Weather:
The sky was covered by high clouds for the whole day, with some haze over the west ridges. The temperature started at 3C and rose to 8C towards the end of the day. The winds would gust quite a bit on the ground but it was hard to get a sense of the ridge winds with the cloud cover and haze.
Raptor Observations:
Two migrating golden eagles were seen early into the count, with none seen again until 4pm (3a, 3sa). There were a number of Sharp-shinned hawks migrating (2j, 1a). A couple of local bald eagles were seen mid-afternoon (1a, 1sa), and a local merlin was seen as well (1a taiga male).
Non-raptor Observations:
What a wonderful passerine observation day! We were treated to many visitors in the valley this afternoon. Some early male red-winged blackbirds were seen early in the morning, 4 Mountain Bluebirds stopped by to the delight of some visitors, and over 30 juncos were seen at once sitting on the trail in the afternoon. Suddenly, the valley became very quiet and a Northern Shrike made an appearance, perching at various spots along the river. There were also three white-tailed deer seen a number of times throughout the day, in the valley or river. The true highlight were two Mink seen multiple times throughout the afternoon running together through the rocks on the rivers edge, and swimming up and down river. Other observations: 2 Canada Geese, 2 Common Merganser, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Northern Shrike, 4 Common Raven, 2 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 Mountain Chickadee, 1 Boreal Chickadee, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 4 Mountain Bluebird, 2 Varied Thrush, 4 American Robin, 31 Bohemian Waxwing, 34 Dark-eyed Junco, 2 Red-winged Blackbird.
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