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.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
November 13 [Day 77] It was a delightful morning with a temperature of -4C, WNW winds only gusting to 50-70 km/h and 20-50% cumulus cloud cover giving mainly sunny conditions. After 1330, however, a series of snow showers swept in from the NW generally lasting around 45 minutes each time reducing the temperature to -6C and obscuring the Livingstone Range to the north. The morning saw a slow but steady stream of southward-bound raptors starting at 0850, and a late subadult Golden Eagle at 1026 proved to be the 8000th migrant raptor of the season. The second bird of the day was an adult dark morph Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk which is the latest ever at the site and the 33rd “Harlan’s” of the season. The flow stopped with the development of snow squalls in the afternoon and only a further two birds, an adult Golden Eagle and adult Bald Eagle, moved in a snow-free interlude. With the exception of rosy finches passerine movement is also slowing with today’s count comprising 32 Bohemian Waxwings, 152 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 1 Pine Grosbeak and 4 Common Redpolls. 10.33 hours (848.99) BAEA 2 (520), NOGO 1 (153), RTHA 1 (188), GOEA 10 (5374) TOTAL 14 (8009)
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