Mount Lorette (19 Mar 2025) 124 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 19, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 | 18 | 18 |
| 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 | 119 | 574 | 574 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 124 | 597 | 597 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:30:00 |
| Total observation time: | 10.25 hours |
| Official Counter | Annie Finch |
| Observers: | Alan Hingston, Xavier Gorloo |
Visitors:
We were treated to an abundance of excellent help today; thank you to Dave and Joseph for helping out for most of the day. Ten visitors stopped by to chat about the count. A local grade 5 class stopped nearby to learn about the count from their teachers.
Weather:
The morning started out at -2°C, rose to 5°C by 4:00 pm, and fell to 2°C by the end of the day. Ground winds were predominantly from the SW throughout the day, mostly a steady breeze with gusts up to 30 km/h. Cumulus and cirrus clouds made for excellent observation conditions throughout the day; a beautiful lenticular cloud arched over the Fisher Range for much of the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
The steady SW winds made for good migration conditions. Most eagles were seen migration over the east ridges starting low in the morning and getting progressively higher into the afternoon; by 2:00 pm many eagles were flying up the valley directly overhead, much to the delight of the visiting grade 5 school group. A handful of eagles were spotted throughout the day on the west side of the valley in front of Bogart before disappearing behind Olympic Summit.
Migrant Eagles 119 Golden Eagles: 53a, 66u 3 Bald Eagles: 2a, 1sa 2 Undifferentiated Eagles
No other migrant raptors were observed.
Non-migrant Raptors The resident Golden Eagle pair were spotted a number of times flying and displaying between Olympic Summit and Mount Allen.
Non-raptor Observations:
Two ravens played in the winds above Lorette before landing on the tip of the Pyramid. A local American Dipper sang for us in the afternoon. A skein of some two-dozen Canada Geese flew north above Patrick.Two Black-capped and one Boreal chickadees were observed early in the morning. It remains a slow time of year for small birds in the valley.
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