Rocky Mountain Eagle Research Foundation

Ongoing programs: Ongoing programs One of the longest running Volunteer Scientific research Programs in the world. Over the 33 years there has been 5 159 days of observation and 240 872 raptors counted. 2025 Spring Count Statistics: March 6 – April 22 2025 369.2 observation hours 1 093 Golden Eagles (GE) spotted and a total of 1 260 raptors. 1 093 GE's is 46% below the 11 year average of 2005 and 49% below the 11-year median of 2139. We piloted a program to involve Practicum Students from Mount Royal University as Assistant Observers. The initiative was very successful for both the students and our organization. It was also possible to continue to transfer data from previous years counts from paper records to a digital format. This is important as it makes the data more readily available for both current and future researchers.