October 27 [Day 60] The temperature at 0800 was -2.5C under cloudless skies which remained clear until just after noon when cirrus cloud moved from the west and soon after thick altostratus cloud formed a Chinook Arch which in turn moved off to the east after 1700. Westerly winds which were moderate until noon became strong in the afternoon gusting to 80 km/h until 1600 when they moderated to 35-55 km/h, and the temperature peaked at 5C. Raptors continue to stream south with movement beginning at 0853 and ceasing at the relatively early time of 1808 when we were still 3 birds short of equaling the 2006 final combined species count of 7217. The Golden Eagle seen at 1221 brought the season’s total to 4753 which equaled the previous highest ever Golden Eagle count at Mount Lorette in 2000. South Livingstone now holds the world record at 4894 with about 5 more weeks of counting to come! The 33 Bald Eagles is the highest daily count so far this season and at 1624 the first Gyrfalcon of the season flew by, a juvenile grey morph, which was the 98th bird species recorded this fall. Passerine movement was also good and included the first Northern Shrike (species #96) and Rusty Blackbird (a male) (#97) of the season. For both birds it was the first time they had been recorded at the ridge top, both having been seen lower down last year. Another 205 Bohemian Waxwings flew south and finch movement involved 6 species: 6 Purple Finches, 45 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 3 Pine Grosbeaks, 2 Red Crossbills, 223 Common Redpolls and 8 Evening Grosbeaks. And the Northern Pygmy-Owl also made a guest appearance: not a bad day! 11.5 hours (675.51) BAEA 33 (308), SSHA 5 (1210), NOGO 3 (108), RLHA 8 (46), GOEA 182 (4894), MERL 1 (25), GYRF 1 (1) TOTAL 233 (7214)