October 23 [Day 56] A beautiful fall day with the temperature rising to 11C from a low of 5.5C and a spectacular sky of altostratus, cumulus and cirrus cloud making observation a pleasure. Winds were westerly all day gradually increasing in velocity from 30-40km/h in the morning to 50-60 km/h by late afternoon. The first migrant was a Golden Eagle at 0814, then between 0830 and 0859 31 migrants moved relatively low along the western edge of the ridge: 26 Golden Eagles, 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks and 2 Northern Goshawks. By noon I had counted 96 migrants and was beginning to have visions of a substantial count, but the flow of Golden Eagles increasingly slowed as the afternoon progressed, although a small late movement of Bald Eagles and Rough-legged Hawks and a spectacular sunset graced the last couple of hours of the count. A Red-breasted Nuthatch was the first for a week, but again finches dominated passerine movement: 1 Purple Finch, 25 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 45 Common Redpolls and 91 Pine Siskins, the first substantial movement of this latter species since September 27. 11.58 hours (631.01) BAEA 7 (254), NOHA 1 (54), SSHA 9 (1195), COHA 1 (189), NOGO 5 (94), RLHA 7 (33), GOEA 130 (4381) TOTAL 160 (6602)