Mount Lorette (22 Oct 2026) 46 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 3 | 36 | 46 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 54 | 82 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Goshawk | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Golden Eagle | 40 | 1638 | 1904 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Unknown Raptor | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| Total: | 46 | 1804 | 2170 |
| Observation start time: | 07:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 10.2 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Allison Zukewich |
Visitors:
Only 7 visitors stopped by, but several helped to look for eagles. Thanks to Louise and Ron for joining us for several hours and Alex and her dog Cleo who also helped spot eagles. Special thanks to Niza for coming out to spend the afternoon with us.
Weather:
This may be our last summery day for the fall, although it started out chilly at 1 degree, got up to 12 degrees and back down to 9 degrees by sunset.There was very light cloud in the morning along the eastern sky so it was almost noon before the sun actually gave some heat and then things really started to warm up. The ground winds were light to calm all day with a few gusts in the afternoon.Ridge winds were also fairly light, west and south-south-west in direction with speeds of 25-37km/hr and gusts up to 50 km/hr.High winds were very low until later in the afternoon and even then only moderate from the west and southwest. The sky was quite clear with early cirrus in the east and only a few cumulus clouds. Towards 5 pm, heavier cumulus clouds were back in the north-eastern sky, the ridges were always clear.
Raptor Observations:
There was very little benefit of clouds for spotting the eagles and with low winds the eagles all seemed to go slow and semi low until the winds picked up. Almost all the eagles were on the east ridges, showing up over Patrick or the Bumps, but 2 were seen going right down the middle of the sky well above us, travelling fast. In all we saw 40 Golden eagles, (8a, 14sa, 5 ui, 11ua, 2 ju) 3 Bald Eagles (2a, 1ju), 1 unknown Eagle, 1 adult Goshawk, and 1 unknown Raptor
Non-raptor Observations:
The day was pretty quiet for other species, squirrels were the most vocal of all. The Dipper was heard in the river , a Hairy Woodpecker flew over twice, 1 Canada Jay came to visit several times, 1 European Starling was seen sitting in a tree, Black-capped Chickadees sang close by in the bushes, An adult Goshawk, an adult Rough-legged Hawk and a Resident Bald eagle were seen hunting or flying north in the valley. And how could I forget the many Ravens which spent quite a bit of time up on the bumps tormenting the young eagles as they struggled to gain altitude.
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