Mount Lorette (30 Oct 2025) 19 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 30, 2025 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 4 | 59 | 63 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 168 | 198 |
| 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 | 21 | 43 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Golden Eagle | 13 | 1962 | 2104 |
| 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 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| Total: | 19 | 2287 | 2532 |
| Observation start time: | 08:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 18:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 9.5 hours |
| Official Counter | Lynette MacCulloch |
| Observers: | Glenn Webber |
Visitors:
10 people stopped to chat and watch for birds. Three visitors from the UK stopped twice and were treated to a good view of a Juvenile Golden Eagle as well as the Dipper.
Weather:
Today was a lovely day in the field, lots of sunshine, very few clouds, very little wind and very few raptors. The temperature at start time was minus 3, rose quickly to plus 7 in the early afternoon and then dropped to plus 3 by end time. Clouds were mostly scattered cumulus that cleared and then were replaced by a pattern of wispy cirrus clouds. There was very little ground wind, the ridge winds were also low but the clouds and contrails we could see were moved moderately quickly by the high winds.
Raptor Observations:
IN all we saw 13 Golden eagles (4adult, 1 subadult, 2 juvenile and 6 unaged), 4 adult Bald eagles and 2 unknown raptors. Most of the raptors appeared low over Patrick, or the Bumps, twice too late to tell what they were, except they were not Ravens. A few showed up at Lorette or coming up to Patrick and several were so high, they were impossible to age. It seems like the juveniles could not find the thermals and so they were easier to observe, which could possibly have been the time of day as the three Bald eagles seen midafternoon were also quite low and searching for the thermals.
Non-raptor Observations:
A Pileated Woodpecker could be heard drumming on arrival to the site. Two flocks of Canada Geese flew high over us. Many flocks of little birds, some being identified as Pine Siskins and some as Red-crossbills, flew back and forth all morning, seeming to grow in size with each pass. A Clarks Nutcracker , a Canada Jay, two Black-capped Chickadees, three juvenile gulls, 6 Pine Grosbeaks, the Dipper and the Northern Shrike were the other birds observed. 8 Ravens flew around the west side and over head as well as a welcoming committee of 4 Ravens who frequented Patrick and the bumps and harassed whatever eagle they could.
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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]
