October 6 [Day 39] (Bill Wilson) Twenty centimetres of fresh snow made the ascent to the ridge challenging, but there was no further precipitation during the day. Winds were NW to 1100 and westerly for the rest of the day, generally 30-40 km/h gusting 50-60 km/h with the temperature rising to 2C from a low of -2C. The ridge to the north was partially draped in cloud for the whole morning but it did not appear to impede raptor movement with the first Golden Eagle at 0801 and 49 migrant raptors before 1200. After noon, however, things really got underway with the next two hours seeing movement of 42 and 41 raptors respectively and when the last Golden Eagle went through at 1851 the combined species total of 289 was the highest so far this season and included a season-high count of 263 Golden Eagles. Non-raptor migrants were very scarce but included a single flock of 10 Common Redpolls. 12 hours (430.1) BAEA 4 (63), SSHA 13 (638), COHA 3 (165), NOGO 2 (32), UA 2 (54), GOEA 263 (1243), UE 1 (1), PEFA 1 (29) TOTAL 289 (2525)