Mount Lorette (23 Oct 2025) 7 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 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 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 19 | 41 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Golden Eagle | 6 | 1875 | 2017 |
| 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 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Total: | 7 | 2178 | 2423 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch, Lynette MacCulloch , |
| Observers: | Bill McKeeman, Roger Jones |
Visitors:
45 people passed by, many of them stopping with binoculars and cameras or just to chat and find out more about our work. Big Thanks to Roger and Loree who sat with us for more than an hour looking for a glimpse of a Golden Eagle. Thanks also to Caroline who graced us with a visit and some eagle searching and special mention to Ruth for cheering us on.
Weather:
Arriving at the observation site, the sky was clear, almost no wind and the temperature was 5 degrees Celsius. The wind picked up as the day progressed. The temperature rose to 11 degrees and dropped to 10 by finishing time but the wind had sapped any heat from the air as the sun was sinking lower in the west and clouds covered almost the entire sky. Ground winds gusted about 12- 14 km/hr. from the southwest. Ridge winds were 20plus km/hr. with gusts up to 80km/hr. mostly from the southwest. High winds were strong from the west
Raptor Observations:
It was a difficult day for finding raptors. They showed up very high in the sky mostly around the bumps and were gone before any aging could take place. We saw 6 Golden eagles all unaged and one unknown eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other bird sightings were slightly more successful. Two Red-breasted Nuthatches, two Boreal Chickadees and three Dark eyed Juncos were seen on the path and near the river. A small flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets, a few Mountain chickadees and a flock of Twenty Bohemian Waxwings were in the meadow. A small flock of Pine Grosbeaks flew over as did two magpies. Only about 7 Ravens flew near the mountain tops and over our heads. The male Kingfisher did some fishing briefly in the morning and two immature White-crowned sparrow were in the path on the way out. five White-tailed deer were at the site in the morning.
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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 Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
