Mount Lorette (30 Sep 2022) 16 Raptors
Alberta, Canada
| Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2022 | |||
| Species | Day’s Count | Month Total | Season Total |
| Turkey Vulture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osprey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 29 | 29 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Northern Goshawk | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Swainson’s Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Eagle | 7 | 155 | 155 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gyrfalcon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Prairie Falcon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Accipiter | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Unknown Buteo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown Falcon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unknown Eagle | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Unknown Raptor | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total: | 16 | 251 | 251 |
| Observation start time: | 06:00:00 |
| Observation end time: | 19:00:00 |
| Total observation time: | 11.67 hours |
| Official Counter | Annie Finch |
| Observers: | Lynette MacCulloch, Rosemary Power |
Visitors:
28 people stopped to chat, including many children.
Special thanks to Dave Stewart for all his help today.
Weather:
The clouds threatened rain for most of the morning, but did not follow through. The temperature rose from a comfortable 6C in the morning to a warm-if-you-are-in-the-sun 15C. The wind was uncharacteristically calm and stayed stubbornly from the northeast. The near-constant cloud cover provided favourable spotting conditions, though lighting was mostly poor.
Raptor Observations:
The conditions proved slightly more productive than the previous few days with a total of 16 migrant raptors, 7 of which were Golden Eagles.
Resident/Non-migratory Raptors: Bald Eagle (1a) Northern Goshawk (1a)
Non-raptor Observations:
We were treated to a number of great birds today including a Northern Shrike (an honorary raptor), Clarkâs Nutcracker, Swamp Sparrow, Townsendâs Solitaire, Varied Thrush, and two American Dippers (Tom serenaded us for a while from the riverbank).
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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]
