Mount Lorette (22 Mar 2023) 108 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2023 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 48 | 48 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Goshawk | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| 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 | 101 | 468 | 468 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 108 | 530 | 530 |
| Observation start time: | 06:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 19:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 12.08 hours |
| Official Counter | Graeme Dunlop |
| Observers: | Dan Parliament, Monica Draosz |
Visitors:
4 people stopped by the site to ask about eagles.
Weather:
The temperature at 0745 was -13C, the high was 6C and it was 2C at 2000. Ground winds were calm to light all day, between SE and SW. Ridge winds were difficult to estimate but seemed to be light from a southerly direction. The day was cloudless with excellent visibility.
Raptor Observations:
The days first Golden Eagles were seen just before 10:00 soaring at Mt.Lorette. Subsequent movement through the rest of the morning until late afternoon was a little slow and sporadic with birds using a variety of different flight paths on both sides of the valley. Flying conditions appeared good and there was quite a lot of high soaring. Numbers increased from late afternoon and these birds were soaring and gliding high above the east ridge before gliding on towards to Mt.Lorette. Almost half (49) the days total number of Golden Eagles were seen between 17:00 and 19:00. A total of 108 birds of 3 species were counted that comprised 2 adult Bald Eagles, 5 Northern Goshawk (2a, 3u), 101 Golden Eagles (84a, 1sa, 16u). Resident Northern Goshawk was seen displaying on several occasions.
Non-raptor Observations:
24 Canada Geese, 14 Snow Geese, 2 Downy Woodpeckers, 2 Hairy Woodpeckers, 3 Canada Jays, 1 Black-billed Magpie, 18 Common Ravens, 5 Black-capped Chickadees, 5 Mountain Chickadees, 12 European Starlings, 2 American Robins, 1 Dark-eyed Junco.
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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]
