Spring 2011 Count Final Report
Summary and highlights
This was the 20th consecutive year that a spring count has been held at Mount Lorette, and is the 4th consecutive extended (but incomplete) count at the site. The count period was March 1 to April 22, a week longer than for 2008-2010 (March 1-April 15), and the statistics in this report are normalized to this longer period for all spring counts at the site. Data from the 2008-2010 counts are now considered to be anomalously low and are excluded from the long-term statistical and trend analyses. The count of 2982 Golden Eagles is the highest at the site since 2002, but is still 4.2% below the long-term average and is 28.4% below the average of the 1993-5 counts; the strong declining trend for the species since 1996 is essentially unaffected. A second extended spring reconnaissance count at Steeples Ridge in BC on the western flanks of the Rocky Mountains near Cranbrook, BC, again yielded significantly higher age ratios for Golden Eagles than at Mount Lorette, which possibly suggest different breeding ranges for eagles moving on the western and eastern flanks of the Rockies.
Concert to Honour Barbara Sherrington
Photos from the concert are now viewable here.
Link to Barbara's Alberta Cancer Foundation's Donation Page
CTV Calgary Covers Our Autumn Count
CTV Calgary's Kevin Fleming has produced a positive, interesting, and accurate report on the society and its current Autumn Count in Kananaskis Country.