September 28 [Day 9] (Cliff Hansen) The temperature was 16C at 0800 rising to 18C at noon with W winds 5-10 gusting 20 km/h and 90% altocumulus cloud cover. At 1230 a passing disturbance changed the wind direction to NE 10-20 gusting 30 km/h, reduced the temperature to 9C by 1300 at which time rain started to fall under 100% low stratus cloud cover. Cliff left the site at 1430 as the rain became heavy, but returned to the Mount Allan Viewpoint at 1645 as the ridges were beginning to clear. By 1700 the temperature had risen to 16C, winds were variable and the ridges had again more or less cleared. Ridge winds were SSW strong gusting to 110 km/h in the morning, becoming variable, moderate gusting to 90 km/h to 1700 after which they became SW strong gusting to 120 km/h. The only raptors seen before the rain started were single non-migratory Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, and the first migrant Golden Eagle was not seen until 1720. A further 6 Golden Eagles moved before 1830 with the flight of 9 birds comprising 5 adults and 4 birds of undetermined age. Songbirds were quite sparse and included 80 Pine Siskins, 17 American Robins and single Yellow-rumped Warbler, Savannah Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco, but a single Red Admiral butterfly was the first seen at the site in a while. 9.08 hours (93.09) GOEA 9 (163) TOTAL 9 (211)