Thursday, October 28, 2010

October 28 [Day 37] (Cliff Hansen) The temperature briefly reached a high of 4.5C at 1500 from a low of-2C and remained at 4C for the rest of the day. Ground winds were calm to 1000 then S-SSW mainly light gusting to 15 km/h at 1500, and ridge winds were SSW-WSW moderate in the morning but gusting to 100 km/h by late afternoon. Cloud cover was 100% altostratus all day, with up to 20% cumulus developing in the afternoon giving good observing conditions except for a light haze on Mount Lorette and the western ridges. A total of 33 raptors migrated between 1227 and 1746 of which 30 were Golden Eagles (21a, 1j, 8u), 14 of which moved between 1601 and 1638 but for the rest of the day migration was slow and sporadic. The only other raptors were 1 adult Bald Eagle, 1 small indeterminate Accipiter and a large indeterminate bird that appeared briefly above the Fisher Range. A flock of 75 Bohemian Waxwings were the only songbird migrants. 10.08 hours (406.4) BAEA 1 (102), UA 1 (14), GOEA 30 (2578), UU 1 (6) TOTAL 33 (2899)

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