Thursday, November 11, 2010

November 11 [Day 51] (Cliff Hansen) It was another cool day with a temperature of -9C at 1000 which rose to 1.5C at 1400 and was 0C at 1700. Ground winds were SW 5-10 gusting 20 km/h between 1200 and 1500, but before and after that period they were variable and light, and ridge winds were SW to SSW moderate in the morning gusting to 50 km/h and strong in the afternoon gusting to 84 km/h. Cloud cover was 80-90% all day: cirrus in the morning with altocumulus and lenticular cloud developing in the afternoon. Raptor movement was restricted to the period 1443-1534 during which time 2 adult Bald Eagles and 6 Golden Eagles (4a, 2sa) moved south. The highlight of an otherwise rather slow day was, however, the season’s first Northern Hawk-Owl that visited the site between 1615 and 1700 and which for 15 minutes was vigorously mobbed by a couple of Grey Jays. 7.75 hours (542.3) BAEA 2 (157), GOEA 6 (3195) TOTAL 8 (3604)

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