Since the fall of 2009, there has been a reconnaissance count at or near the Steeples Ridge which is located on the east side of the Kootenay Valley (Rocky Mountain Trench) 25 km NE of Cranbrook, B.C.
Steeples Observations
See the count reports for historical data.
11/02/2021
Observers: George Halmazna, Dan Parliament
08:00 AM
06:20 PM
From -4.5C to +6C at 15:00 hrs to +1C at 18:00 hrs.
Very nice day for November. Chinook cloudiness in the morning with clearing in the afternoon. Ridge wind from SW all day. From 50-81 km in morning hours to 25-40 km in mid-afternoon.
Eagles flew over Fisher Range from 10 to 17:00 hrs.
54 ( adults-29, sub adults- 12, juvenile-7, unaged-6 )
Bald Eagles - 6 ( adult-3, sub adult-2, immature-1 ), Northern Goshawk -1 juvenile, Rough-legged Hawk - 1 unaged, dark morph.
Between 11-12:00 hrs with 12 migrants. All were Golden Eagles.
62
1 adult Northern Goshawk.
Ring-billed Gull - 4, Northern Shrike - 2 ( adult & juvenile ), American Dipper - 2, Common Merganser - 4,
Bohemian Waxwing - 5.
White-tailed Deer - 6, Bighorn Sheep - 14.
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