Mount Lorette (21 Sep 2025) 14 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 21, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 3 | 13 | 13 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Buteo | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Raptor | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Total: | 14 | 36 | 36 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Cameron Harvey |
| Observers: | Glenn Webber |
Visitors:
18 people stopped to ask about the count. Thank you to Caroline Lambert for helping spot for several hours in the afternoon.
Weather:
The day’s count started with a temperature of 6 C and a mostly clear sky. Shortly after 09:00 MST a warm south wind started to blow which rapidly increased the temperature and brought in a significant amount of low level smoke. The sky grew increasingly cloudy through the count with overcast cumulus conditions by mid afternoon. Max temperature was 16 C. Ground level winds were mostly light from the south with the odd gust to 28 km/h. ridgetop winds were generally moderate from the SW.
Raptor Observations:
The count consisted of 3 Golden Eagles (1 sub-adult, 2 unaged), 1 Bald Eagle (sub-adult), 1 Unknown Eagle, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Broad-winged Hawk, 1 Merlin, 2 Unknown Buteo, 1 Unknown Accipiter, 2 Unknown small raptor. No non-migrant raptors were observed. Overcast conditions made raptors easy to spot, but the smoke haze made identification difficult. Early flight path was over Hummingbird Plume to the western ridges and later flight path was generally over the east ridge.
Non-raptor Observations:
Non raptor observations included: 80+ American Robins, 3 Black Capped Chickadees, 2 Mountain Chickadees, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 12 Common Ravens, 2 Barn Swallows, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 4 Clark’s Nutcrackers, 6 Pine Siskin’s, 1 Canada Jay, 6 Common Mergansers, 2 Northern Flickers and 1 Pileated Woodpecker.
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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Count data submitted via Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
