Mount Lorette (22 Oct 2025) 12 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 46 | 50 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 166 | 196 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| American Goshawk | 1 | 14 | 20 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 19 | 41 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Golden Eagle | 9 | 1869 | 2011 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Total: | 12 | 2171 | 2416 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Ethan Denton , Peter Lloyd |
| Observers: |
Visitors:
Approximately 16 people stopped by.
Weather:
Ridge winds sat around SW 20 for most of the day, occasionally gusting up to 35 or so. Ground winds shifted back amd forth but often blew hard enough to be mildly uncomfortable for observers! The temperature made it all the way up to 11 though, which was wonderful. Cloud cover was sparse, with one block of cumulus and cirrus passing over quickly. Some lenticular could formed in the afternoon but failed to establish dominance over a rebellious blue sky.
Raptor Observations:
It was an incredibly slow day Eagle-wise. Only 9 were observed, almost all fairly low across the Eastern ridge. One managed to find a great deal of height off of Lorette, but lost it graduallg as it progressed across the valley and was quite low by the time it hit South Fisher.
A large adult Cooper’s Hawk cut low through the meadow, a Western Red-tailed Hawk passed along the valley and a young Goshawk crusied past the east ridgeline. 2 resident Bald Eagles and the resident Gos showed throughout the day.
Non-raptor Observations:
In keeping with the raptors, it was exceptionally dead for other birds today. A handful of Nutcrackers were around, as were some Golden-crowned Kinglets. The Ravens were defensive up on Patrick, and fairly playful elsewhere.
Report submitted by Ethan Denton (ethan@suechick.com)
Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
More information at hawkcount.org: [Site Profile] [Day Summary] [Month Summary]
Count data submitted via Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
