Mount Lorette (14 Nov 2024) 7 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2024 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 39 | 114 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 94 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Golden Eagle | 6 | 176 | 2783 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Total: | 7 | 220 | 3101 |
| Observation start time: | 09:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 7.95 hours |
| Official Counter | Caroline Lambert |
| Observers: | Lynette MacCulloch |
Visitors:
14 of the passers by stopped to talk.
Weather:
Overall it was a dark and gloomy day with some snow flurries. The temperature started out at 3C, rose to 6C, and was back at 3C by the end of the day. Ground winds were mostly light from the west to southwest with a few chilly gusts. Ridge winds were unremarkable, staying in the range 20-40kph with gusts up to 69, mostly from the southwest. Upper winds were moderate, bringing in the snow flurries from the west. There was very little blue sky to be seen. The west ridge was never completely free of clouds, and both ridges started disappearing around 3pm. The entire valley was engulfed in cloud for about an hour, with light snow that didn’t settle. We decided to wait out the snow; the east ridge cleared up as we were packing up to leave, and our patience was rewarded with a late Golden Eagle.
Raptor Observations:
The first Golden Eagle appeared low on Patrick before 10am and flapped its way along the ridge below ridge level. Subsequent eagles all managed to fly above the east ridge, but not too high. The last one was about 20 minutes before sunset. The totals were 6 Golden Eagles (3a, 3u), and one juvenile Bald Eagle.
One adult Bald Eagle flew low up the river.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds were: Common Merganser 22 (flying high to the south), Northern Pygmy-Owl 1, Canada Jay 4, Black-billed Magpie 1, Common Raven 8, Boreal Chickadee 1, chickadee sp. 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 1, American Dipper 1, Bohemian Waxwing 30, Pine Grosbeak 1, Redpoll 1
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