October 14 [Day 25] (Peter Sherrington) The temperature reached a high of 18C at 1600 from a morning low of 10C and it was still 14.5C at 1900. Ground winds were S-SW light to moderate gusting to 30 km/h in the afternoon, ridge winds were very strong SW all day gusting to 150 km/h, and it was cloudless for most of the day with 10-30% cirrus sporadically developing in the afternoon. A total of 39 migrant raptors of 5 species were recorded between 1028 and 1806 with 20 of these birds moving between 1500 and 1700. Of the total 31 birds were Golden Eagles (27a, 1sa, 3j) and the bird recorded at 1557 was the 2000th of the season. Other migrants were 2 adult Bald Eagles, an unaged Northern Goshawk, a juvenile dark morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk and 4 Rough-legged Hawks (2 light and 2 dark morphs). Apart from Common Ravens other birds were virtually absent but small flocks of 5 Clark’s Nutcrackers and 5 White-winged Crossbills were probably migrating. 12 hours (281.66) BAEA 2 (76), NOGO 1 (19), RTHA 1 (35), RLHA 4 (15), GOEA 31 (2012) TOTAL 39 (2268)