Mount Lorette (12 Oct 2022) 176 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2022 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 | 36 | 49 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 12 | 41 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| Northern Goshawk | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Golden Eagle | 151 | 1017 | 1172 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 5 | 11 | 13 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Prairie Falcon | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| Unknown Raptor | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Total: | 176 | 1156 | 1407 |
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 12 hours |
| Official Counter | Annie Finch |
| Observers: | Ruth Morrow |
Visitors:
The cooler temperatures seemed to keep more people at home, 19 people visited today.
Weather:
The morning started off at a frosty -2C, warming quickly once the sun hit the valley floor, eventually reaching 12C. The predominant weather feature of the day was blue sky. We celebrated a small cumulus cloud, hoping it would divide and multiply, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared.
Raptor Observations:
The clear skies, blessedly free from haze, provided extraordinarily bright light conditionsâMt. Patrick was practically glowingâwhich illuminated the underside of raptors like snow. The flow of migrants picked up after 11:00am, maintaining the steady but not relentless pace of raptor numbers in the 20s per hour for the remainder of the day. Eagles moved along the east ridges until sunset.
151 Golden Eagles: 69 adult, 16 subadult, 10 juvenile, 4 undifferentiated immature, 51 unknown age.
Resident/Non-migratory Raptors: none observed
Non-raptor Observations:
The Red Crossbills were out in full force today, and Tom the American Dipper serenaded us in the evening.
Also ran: 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Canada Jay 3 Black-billed Magpie 11 Common Raven 3 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Boreal Chickadee 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 American Dipper 2 Varied Thrush 21 American Robin 9 Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing 21 Red Crossbill 20 Pine Siskin 2 American Tree Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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