The South Livingstone Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2007 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2007. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

November 1 [Day 65] Another cool day starting at -3C, briefly reaching 0C at 1400 and falling to -3C again by 1800. Winds were W to NW gusting 50-55 km/h in the morning but moderated to 20-30 km/h in the afternoon, and cloud cover was mainly cumulus varying from 100% early in the morning to 10% at 1850. There were periodic brief snow flurries moving from the NW in the morning that probably disrupted raptor flow until after noon. Although the first Golden Eagle moved south at 0830 movement was slow and sporadic for most of the day, increasing slightly after 1500 when 20 of the 36 birds counted moved. The last bird of the day was a Rough-legged Hawk at 1814, and the adult dark morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk at 1128 was the latest ever record of the species at the site. Passerine movement was also lower compared to recent days with most birds moving south in small flocks instead of the 100+ flocks of the last week: 25 Bohemian Waxwings, 3 Purple Finches, 56 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 6 Red Crossbills, 2 White-winged Crossbills and 110 Common Redpolls. Purple Finch and Red Crossbill were new species for November as was a single Dusky Grouse that flew north in the gathering dusk just before 1830. 11.08 hours (732.67) BAEA 8 (357), NOGO 3 (133), RTHA 1 (184), RLHA 2 (53), GOEA 22 (5127) TOTAL 36 (7543)

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