September 8 [Day 15] The day started cloudless at 0C with fresh snow on the high peaks to the west and south, and with light variable winds that persisted to 1300. High cloud quickly developed after 0800, and valley fog persisted to the west until the early afternoon. At 1300 the winds shifted to northerly bringing progressively thickening and darkening cumulus that, unlike yesterday, brought only brief hail and rain showers but reduced the temperature from a high of 8.5C to 4C and sunshine again by 1800. The first migrant raptor, a juvenile Golden Eagle, did not come through until 1306 and movement remained thin thereafter. Three of the 7 Red-tailed Hawks were “Harlan’s” including a juvenile bird that soared low overhead in perfect light, as did two non-migratory juvenile Northern Goshawks, a male and female, that vigorously sparred with each other for several minutes. The first bird of the day was a late flying Great Horned Owl, the first of the season, and one of the first birds I saw on the ridge was a Northern Pygmy-Owl being mobbed by kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Passerine movement was, however, only sporadic probably as a result of yesterday’s violent weather. A feeding adult Black Bear to the east of the ridge was only a couple of hundred metres away from the first Moose of the season. 11.67 hours (161.84) SSHA 2 (115), RTHA 7 (59), GOEA 1 (14) TOTAL 10 (334)