October 10 [Day 43] It was 8.5C on the ridge at 0800 and reached 14.5C at 1300 before falling back to 8C at 1900. Westerly winds were below 16 km/h until 1700 when they increased reaching 36 km/h by 1900. Most of the day was gloomy with 90-100% altostratus cloud, only breaking for 1.5 hours from 1300 to 1430 when we saw some welcome sunshine. Raptor movement was very slow at first with only 9 birds moving before 1300, but it subsequently picked up and peaked between 1600 and 1700 with the passage of 35 birds; Golden Eagles were still flying high to the south as late as 1840. An Osprey at 1546 was our latest ever and an adult Peregrine Falcon was the 31st of the season. Non-raptor highlights included the second migrating American Three-toed Woodpecker for the season and 6 Lapland Longspurs including a flock of 5 feeding north of the site seen by Dawn and Denise. 12.17 hours (477.85) OSPR 1 (16), BAEA 1 (86), SSHA 20 (831), RLHA 1 (5), GOEA 94 (1726), MERL 2 (16), PEFA 1 (31), PRFA 1 (12) TOTAL 121 (3264)