Mount Lorette (21 Oct 2023) 217 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2023 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Bald Eagle | 4 | 46 | 48 |
| Northern Harrier | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 | 102 | 132 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 27 | 31 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 17 | 22 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Golden Eagle | 205 | 2205 | 2362 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 25 | 43 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| Total: | 217 | 2472 | 2721 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9.75 hours |
| Official Counter | Jessica Banas, Neil Denton |
| Observers: | Caroline Lambert, Dan Parliament, Jessica Banas |
Visitors:
There were 30 visitors throughout the day who stopped by to chat. Thank you to Yumi who spent most of the afternoon with us, spotting many eagles!
Weather:
The weather in the morning was cloudy with some haze, with decent ridge winds, 19-27 km/h from the SW, for some morning bird movement. The haze disappeared by noon and the winds died down for a while as well, 9-21 km/h SW. By early afternoon the cloud cover remained but the ridge winds picked up again, 22-37 km/h primarily from the SW. The temperature started at -2C and reached a high of 11C.
Raptor Observations:
The days total was 217 migrants, including 205 Golden Eagles (92a, 65sa, 13j, 35u), 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks (4u), 4 Bald Eagles (2a, 1su3, 1su1/2), 2 Northern Harrier (1brown, 1u), 1 Red-tailed Hawk (1ad/i), 1 Rough-legged Hawk (1jlm). The eagles starting moving early, the flight lulled through mid-day, and picked up again in the early afternoon. Rain started on the west ridges around 4pm and eventually overtook Mt.Lorette around 6pm. Many of the earlier birds struggled and moved low, often in front of Patrick, but by the afternoon they were often very high along the east ridges. No local raptors were seen during the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds included: Canada Jay 4, Common Raven 6, Black-capped Chickadee 3, Brown Creeper 2, American Dipper 1, Bohemian Waxwing 3, Pine Grosbeak 3, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 5, Common Redpoll 2, Red Crossbill 6, Pine Siskin 1, Lapland Longspur 1, Canada Goose 16, Trumpeter Swan 24, Common Loon 1
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Dunkadoo – [Project Details]
