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.

Friday, November 23, 2007

November 23 [Day 87] The temperature was a balmy -6C at 0800 but a W-WNW wind gusting 30 km/h tempered the potential pleasantness of the situation. The wind steadily increased in velocity reaching 45 km/h at 1700 and the temperature reached a high of -4C at 1200. Cloud cover ranged from 30% to 100% altocumulus and cirrus providing excellent viewing conditions. There was again no early raptor movement with the first bird, a Prairie Falcon, not coming through until 1118, but subsequently there was a slow but steady flow of mainly Golden Eagles, with the last bird, an adult Bald Eagle moving through at 1645. The 11 Golden Eagles was the highest daily count for the species since November 11 and with the exception of one juvenile all the birds were adults. There was a small early morning movement of passerines comprising 1 Snow Bunting, 3 Grey-crowned Rosy finches and 5 Common Redpolls. 10 hours (941.81) BAEA 2 (582), GOEA 11 (5418), PRFA 1 (18) TOTAL 14 (8132)

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