October 2 [Day 13] (Ron Dutcher) The temperature rose to a high of 24C from 0C and was still 21C at 1900, ground winds were calm to light all day, mostly westerly, and it was essentially cloudless all day with occasional traces of cirrus in the afternoon. Ridge winds, however, were strong all day with gusts near or above 90 km/h after 1500. Smoke haze gave hazy sunshine conditions and made detailed plumage determination difficult with birds moving to the west appearing only as silhouettes, although after noon most movement was along the eastern ridge. A total of 26 raptors of 5 species were recorded: 3 Bald Eagles (2a, 1j), 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (u), 2 Cooper’s Hawks (1a, 1u), 4 light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawks (1a, 3u), 13 Golden Eagles (4a, 4j, 5u) and 3 unknown Buteos moving too high for specific identification. 12 hours (140.92) BAEA 3 (39), SSHA 1 (38), COHA 2 (6), RTHA 4 (26), GOEA 13 (276), UB 3 (4) TOTAL 26 (418)