Mount Lorette (12 Nov 2026) 14 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 | 38 | 91 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 84 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 6 | 25 |
| Golden Eagle | 10 | 276 | 2371 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Total: | 14 | 331 | 2707 |
| Observation start time: | 10:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7.8 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Allison Zukewich |
Visitors:
19 visitors came by only 6 stopped to talk. Malik came back and spent most of the afternoon with us which we appreciated.
Weather:
Today was a most pleasant and balmy autumn day. Temperatures started at 4 degrees and went up to 12 degrees and back down to 10 when the sun went behind the mountains. High cloud in the eastern sky left the sunshine available for most of the day,which when coupled with low winds kept our heavy jackets off. There was a faint sundog in the morning,but that faded quickly. Ground breezes were mostly from the west and south west with some variability later in the afternoon.The ridge winds were quite strong from the South west for most of the day calming as the sun dropped in the western sky. Westerly high winds were mostly light with increased speed later in the afternoon. Cloud cover was cirrus and cumulus with cumulo-stratus and lenticular clouds building behind the eastern ridges. The ridges were always clear with good visibility.
Raptor Observations:
Raptor activity was slow. We saw 10 Golden eagles (4a, 1 ui,5ua). 3 Bald eagles (3a) and one unknown eagle.The first eagles were very high almost over top of us and we kept a good search in the upper levels all day. Towards evening the eagles started to appear over the bumps or high over Patrick. The height made them very difficult to age, with the exception of the undifferentiated immature which flew right in front of Patrick. We also saw a local Adult Bald eagle several times and a juvenile Bald eagle who also stayed in the north end of the valley.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds seen today were Black-capped Chickadees, Canada Jays, the Dipper flew down the river, 3 Pine Grosbeaks sat in the trees near us for a short time and a Golden-crowned Kinglet was heard but not seen. 10 Ravens kept us guessing by trying to imitate Eagles over the ridge tops mostly on the eastern side of the Valley.
Predictions:
Similar as today? Maybe not quite as warm.
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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