October 1 [Day 35] Winds were strong westerly all day gusting to 60 km/h and rarely dropping below 40 km/h. Up to 1100 the Livingstone Range to the north was substantially draped with cloud although it did not seem to stop the raptor movement, with 29 birds moving before it cleared. Cloud cover gradually cleared throughout the day from 100% to 20%, and the temperature ranged from 2C to 5.5C and back to 2C at 1900. Raptor movement peaked between 1300 and 1400 at 20 birds and diminished throughout the afternoon, but was almost continuous from the first Golden Eagle at 0759 to the last Bald Eagle at 1847. A late movement of Bald Eagles produced a season high count of 7 birds, and the only falcon of the day was a non-migratory Prairie. A female Purple Finch at 1047 was a new species for the site and the 86th of the season, but passerine movement was sparse. A high intensity alarm call of a Clark’s Nutcracker at 1603 had me walking north along the ridge to look for an owl, only to find that the object of its rancour was a perched Red-shafted Flicker which it subsequently pursued to the north with great enthusiasm and a good deal of noise. 12.33 hours (389.85) BAEA 7 (48), SSHA 19 (579), NOGO 2 (28), RTHA 2 (154), RLHA 1 (2), GOEA 80 (833) TOTAL 111 (2013)