06:40 AM

08:30 PM

Low -4C, high +5C

A very pleasant, sunny day with scattered cumulus clouds (maximum 30%, decreasing to clear sky by 4 pm) and ground winds mostly SW 5 - 20 km/h. Winds aloft mostly WSW, varying between 10 and 35 km/h. Raptor movement was very light for most of the day, with the first at 7:55 am and the second three and a half hours later at 11:23. By 6 pm, we'd had only 10 Golden Eagles, 3 Bald Eagles, 1 Northern Goshawk, and 1 unidentified small raptor; but then, after an hour without any raptors, the winds aloft picked up a bit (about 25 km/h) and the eagles began the last-minute rush noted below. The result was a nice total for this time of the season.

29 (14 adults, 1 subadult, 5 juveniles, 1 undifferentiated immature, and 8 unaged).

5 Bald Eagles, 1 Northern Goshawk, and one unidentified small raptor

21 migrants (19 Golden Eagles and 2 Bald Eagles) in the hour between 7:13 and 8:12 pm.

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2 Bald Eagles, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, and 2 Golden Eagles (one of them display diving)

Canada Goose: 3 flying very high towards the northwest, 2 local birds landed on the river
Northern Flicker: 2
American Robin: 3
Varied Thrush: 2
Black-capped Chickadee: 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Common Raven: 27 (largest flock 6)
Dark-eyed Junco: 2

Two ravens interacting strongly as they flew north about 300 m above the ground locked claws for 5 or more seconds before separating and continuing on. I don't remember noticing that in ravens before.

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