07:20 AM

07:10 PM

+11C to +18C

Generally a nice day, windy and lots of clouds but quite sunny and warm. Ridge winds SW with gusts up to 140 km/h in the morning.
Decent early movement of Golden Eagles with 40 birds seen before 11a.m. (first birds observed 10 minutes before sunrise with a pair soaring into vivid pink clouds). A cold front passed through late on the previous day so this had likely held some birds back.
Vast majority of birds flew high from Mt Lorette to Fisher range, often angling into the strong wind with wings half-closed until half way across the valley before turning towards Fisher Range.
High percentage of unaged birds due to a combination of high flying, below average lighting conditions and also many of the morning birds were only glimpsed briefly as they flew in and out of the cloud base.

150 (72 adults, 4 subadults, 5 juveniles, 69 unaged)

3 Bald Eagles, 3 Sharp shinned Hawks, 7 Coopers Hawks, 7 Northern Goshawks, 4 Red tailed Hawks, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 unidentified large falcon.

15:00 to 16:00 with 33 migrant raptors

177

Golden Eagle 1, Northern Goshawk 1.

1 Ruby crowned Kinglet, 3 Black billed Magpies, 1 Downy Woodpecker

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