Mount Lorette (29 Mar 2026) 2 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 29, 2026 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Goshawk | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Golden Eagle | 1 | 996 | 996 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Accipitrine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown Eagle | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Unknown Raptor | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Total: | 2 | 1090 | 1090 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 14:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 5.02 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: |
Visitors:
17 visitors came by but only one couple stopped to visit.
Weather:
Temperature this morning was minus 9 Celsius and rose to minus 4. Cloud covered most of the sky for the day with some blue areas in the east. Cumulus and Stratus clouds filled the western ridges and spilled heavily into the south. There were scattered snow flurries during the morning and by 2 pm the whole sky was covered and it began to snow in earnest. The wind was light from the north, northeast. Ridge winds were moderate ,spinning columns of snow off the ridge tops and when visible the high clouds were moving quickly to the east. Once the heavier clouds socked in, there was no obvious movement.
Raptor Observations:
The first eagle was seen high over the eastern ridges sailing very fast. There was no time to identify it as more than an eagle. The only other eagle was seen flying low in front of Patrick and over to Lorette. As it dipped over the ridge, the base of it s tail showed white, indicating undifferentiated subadult.
Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds seen or heard were 4 Dark-eyed Juncos, 2 Varied Thrushes, 12 American Robins, 6 European Starlings, 4 Common Ravens, 4 Mountain chickadees, 2 Northern Flickers, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 1 American Dipper 1 Belted Kingfisher and three flocks of silent, little brown birds 30-40 in each group.
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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]
