Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 20 [Day 30] (Terry Waters) Unseasonably high temperatures returned reaching 16C at 1400 from a low of -4C, and it was still 14C at 1800. Ground winds were SE-SW generally light, gusting to 15 km/h around noon, and ridge winds were SSW-SW moderate in the morning becoming strong in the afternoon gusting to 150 km/h by late afternoon. The morning was mainly cloudless with up to 10% cirrus increasing to 80% after 1500 and 90% at the end of the day giving good observing conditions. A total of 21 Golden Eagles (11a, 2sa, 2j, 2u) moved between 1121 and 1605 with 10 of the birds occurring between 1500 and 1600. All birds were first seen above the Fisher Range and many were very high and hard to see. Other migrants were 1 adult Bald Eagle, 2 adult Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 adult Northern Goshawk, 2 adult light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawks, and 1 light morph unidentified Buteo. Other migrants were very thin and comprised 57 Bohemian Waxwings in 3 flocks and 3 Pine Siskins. 10.25 hours (335.49) BAEA 1 (84), SSHA 2 (57), NOGO 1 (24), RTHA 2 (40), UB 1 (8), GOEA 21 (2334) TOTAL 28 (2625)

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