Mount Lorette (11 Mar 2024) 18 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 11, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 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 | 16 | 67 | 67 |
| 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: | 18 | 77 | 77 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Rick Robb |
Visitors:
9 visitors stopped to talk, and 3 stayed for a while to look for migrants.
Weather:
The temperature was 0 C in the morning, it increased to 4 in the afternoon, then decreased to 2 by the end of observation. Wind was usually between 10 and 20 k/m at ground level, and was probably moderate (11-40 km/hr) at ridge level. Light snow fell on an off throughout the day, often obscuring some of the mountain ridges.
Raptor Observations:
16 Golden Eagles (13 adults and 3 unaged) and 2 adult Bald Eagles were counted gliding over the Fisher Range to Mt. Lorette between snow squalls. Another adult Bald Eagle flying south past Olympic Summit was counted as a non-migrant, and a local adult Goshawk was seen soaring over Hummingbird Plume Hill.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds included 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Canada Jay, 5 Ravens, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, 3 Mountain Chickadees and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches.
Report submitted by Blake Weis (blake_weis@ymail.com)
Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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