Mount Lorette (21 Mar 2025) 11 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 21, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Goshawk | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 10 | 590 | 590 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 11 | 616 | 616 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Graeme Dunlop |
| Observers: | Sofia Preece |
Visitors:
10. Thanks to Stephen for helping to scan the ridges in the morning.
Weather:
The temperature ranged from -2C to 4C. Ground winds mainly SW light to moderate. Some fantastic snow plumes streaming from the ridges for most of the day helped guesstimate the speed and direction of the ridge winds. Mostly SW veering to NW by late afternoon. Mainly sunny. Cloud cover and type was variable, ranging from 30% cumulus to 100% stratocumulus. Thicker stratocumulus clouds covered the distant ridges to the south and west all day. We had a few light flurries in the early morning and heavier snow fell from 10:30 to 13:15. No eagles were seen after 13:30 so the count was ended early at 18:00.
Raptor Observations:
Only 10 Golden Eagles were seen (1a, 1sa, 8u). 6 eagles were seen between 10:15 and 10:35, gliding fast just above the eastern ridges ahead of the rapidly approaching snow. The remaining 4 eagles were all seen shortly after the heavy snow ended at 13:15 as the east ridges quickly cleared, gliding high over the east ridges. Only 1 other migrant was seen, 1 adult American Goshawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
A very quiet day for other birds. 7 Common Ravens, 6 Canada Geese, 1 American Dipper, and 5 European Starlings.
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