The Spring 2022 Migration Count has commenced and runs from Mar 1st to Apr 22nd with observers at the Mount Lorette site daily — including viewing equipment available to the public. If interested in visiting the site, we suggest that you visit after 3pm. We see the majority of the migrating eagles in the later afternoon. This is the 30th consecutive year of vigilant recording. Mount Lorette site, Observation map.
Related links: Count Reports
Observations
Total Migratory Raptors: 302
04/08/2022
Observers: Blake Weis, Ruth Morrow
07:05 AM
05:30 PM
Max 12 C, Min 4 C
The first tfew hours had beautiful weather with light wind, 30-40% cloud cover and a nice variety of singing birds. Unfortunately, conditions deteriorated quickly from there. The wind really started to pick up by 10 and by noon low cloud had gathered around the western mountains and started spitting rain into the valley. For the rest of the day it rained on and off and the western ridges were variably obscured. The eastern ridges remained mostly unobscured which gave us some false hope. Afternoon gusts reached 50 km/h at ground level and probably exceeded 100 km/h at ridge level. We concluded the count at 5:30 pm as heavier rain closed in.
The days migration consisted of two golden eagles, an unaged bird at 9:43 and an adult at 10:26, an undifferentiated immature bald eagle at 1:22 pm and u Sharp-shinned Hawk at 2:12 pm.
2 (1 adult, 1 unaged)
1 Bald Eagle (undifferentiated immature), 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (u)
No hour had more than one migrant
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2 Golden Eagles (1 adult, 1 unaged), 1 Bald Eagle (adult), 1 Red-tailed Hawk (adult), 1 Northern Goshawk (adult)
List on eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S106565930
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