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.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

November 4 [Day 68] [Note: change to Mountain Standard Time] It was a surprisingly pleasant early morning with the temperature 3C at 0700 with moderate westerly winds and 100% cumulus and stratocumulus cloud cover. At 0800 the wind shifted to easterly and by 0840 the peaks of the Livingstone Range were obscured and steady snow started at 0900 with the temperature now 1.5C and falling. Just before the mountains to the north disappeared under cloud for the day two adult Golden Eagles glided along the ridge to the south. A few songbirds also moved ahead of the snow including 6 Common Redpolls and the first Red-breasted Nuthatch for 12 days. One of 3 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches feeding near the site at 0828 was the grey hooded subspecies littoralis (“Hepburn’s Rosy Finch”) 2.5 hours (756.83) GOEA 2 (5183) TOTAL 2 (7636)

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