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
03/07/2022
Observers: Lori Anderson, Glenn Webber
07:00 AM
11:30 AM
-9 to -5 C
In spite of the heavy snowfall warning, we decided to make a go of it and managed to get in 4.5 hours of observation. The Eastern ridges were clear and only 10% of the western ridges were obscured to the south. During the first hours, beautiful cirrostratus patterns filled the sky overhead. On the ground, the winds were mainly calm with some occasional movement up to 5km/h. At 10:00, a front appeared off in the distance at the north end of the valley. The WSW winds started picking up gradually and clouds from the incoming storm started overtaking the ridges of Mt. Lorette and Mt. Patrick. At 11:00, the front broke its way in and the conditions deteriorated rapidly. We ended up having to flee from the site when heavy snow was blown in horizontally on gusts of up to 60km/h.
2 adults
One golden eagle at 8:30 and another at 11:00.
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1 Bald Eagle (adult), 1 Northern Goshawk
1 Pileated Woodpecker, 2 Boreal Chickadees, 2 Canada Jays, 1 Bohemian Waxwing, 6 Ravens
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