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.
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Observations
Total Migratory Raptors: 302
03/05/2022
Observers: Caroline Lambert, Lynn Macintosh
07:25 AM
05:35 PM
The temperature started at -15, reached a high of -4, and ended at -5.
The day started with some barely moving high altocumulus clouds, clear ridges, no ground winds, and a freezing cold -15C temperature. The clouds gradually cleared until noon, when cumulus clouds started moving in from the northwest. These built up gradually, until 17:00 when light snow started falling, the ridges were obscured, and the count was abandoned. A "high" temperature of -4C was recorded at 16:00, though it felt colder due to the wind now blowing strongly down the valley from the north.
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No migrants were seen
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One Pileated Woodpecker, about three Common Ravens, two Black-capped Chickadees, and one Canada Jay.
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