Mount Lorette (25 Oct 2025) 11 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 50 | 54 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 167 | 197 |
| 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 | 1 | 20 | 42 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 2 | 17 | 17 |
| Golden Eagle | 7 | 1886 | 2028 |
| 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 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Total: | 11 | 2197 | 2442 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 17:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9 hours |
| Official Counter | Blake Weis |
| Observers: | Lynn Macintosh |
Visitors:
44 people stopped to ask about the count, and 8 stopped to watch for migrants. Special thanks to Morgan and Colin for staying for a few hours and helping to spot birds, feel free to come back any time!
Weather:
The temperature was 2 C at the start of the count, it briefly reached a high of 10 around 4 PM, then fell to 9 before the end. The sky was nearly clear in the morning, but cloud cover increased gradually throughout the afternoon until it was nearly 100% cumulus, altocumulus and cirrus. Ground wind was from the S-WSW, usually light, with the occasional gusts close to 20 km/h. Ridge wind was from the S-SW with variable speed. The Nakiska Ridgetop weather station gave readings as high as 38 gusting to 77 in the morning, and as light as 11 with no gusts in the evening.
Raptor Observations:
When the first two Golden Eagles passed between 10:45 and 11 AM we had some hope that would be the start of a decent movement of eagles, but, unfortunately, that was not to be. The count for the day was 7 Golden Eagles (1a, 2j, 1sa, 1ui, 2u), 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, and 2 Rough-legged Hawks. 1 Rough-legged Hawk used the western ridges, and the rest of the migrants were on the east. Local raptors included a Goshawk that harassed the migrating Red-tailed Hawk, and a Bald Eagle flying around over the river.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds observed were 1 American Three-toed Woodpecker, 1 Black-billed Magpie, 1 Clark’s Nutcracker, 10 Common Ravens, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, 6 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 1 Brown Creeper, 1 Lapland Longspur, 2 White-crowned Sparrows and 1 Harris’s Sparrow.
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Mount Lorette information may be found at: eaglewatch.ca
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Count data submitted via Trektellen.org – [Project Details]
