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Mount Lorette (24 Sep 2022) 16 Raptors

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Mount Lorette
Alberta, Canada

Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2022
Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 2 5 5
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 16 16
Cooper’s Hawk 0 4 4
Northern Goshawk 0 4 4
Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 4
Swainson’s Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4
Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 11 94 94
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 1 1
Gyrfalcon 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Prairie Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 2 2 2
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 16 140 140
Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 19:00:00
Total observation time: 12.03 hours
Official Counter Annie Finch
Observers: Rain Saulnier, Rick Robb

Visitors:
20: The site was graced with many interested and enthusiastic visitors today, including a few eagle-eyed kids.

Weather:
From +6C at dawn, the temperature steadily increased to a high of +17C by 5:00pm. A gorgeous day of clear skies and light winds made for rather poor raptor migration and spotting conditions.

Raptor Observations:
The first raptor of the day was a Golden Eagle of undetermined age at 10:00am. Raptors continued in a slow trickle of roughly two per hour until supper time, with a small burst before sunset. The resident Northern Goshawk made a few appearances; a Sharp-shinned Hawk was observed lurking low in the forest near sunset.
16 migrating raptors were observed: 11 Golden Eagles (6 adult, 4 subadult, 1 unaged); 2 Bald Eagles (2 adult); 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 adult); 2 unidentified eagles.

Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds: 1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 2 Clark’s Nutcracker, 15 Common Raven, 2 Mountain Chickadee, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 American Dipper, 120 American Robin, 1 American Pipit, 1 Dark-eyed Junco, 2 White-throated Sparrow.
Tom, the resident American Dipper, made a last-minute cameo as the sun set.


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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]