November 5 [Day 69] With 6 cm of fresh snow on the ridge the starting temperature at 0700 was -10C, the coldest so far, with SE winds gusting to15km/h and a moderate northerly upper flow. After noon the wind shifted to WSW with a westerly upper flow and the temperature steadily rose reaching -1C at 1600. The Livingstone Range to the north was obscured in cloud until 1210 but was then clear for the rest of the day, and overall cloud cover ranged from 100% to 30% altocumulus, altostratus, cumulus and cirrus giving excellent viewing conditions once the mountains cleared. Because of the morning conditions raptor movement was slow to start and by 1400 I had seen only 8 migrants including the first November Cooper’s Hawk for the site. The pace then quickened with 20 birds moving in each of the next 2 hours, a further 8 between 1600 and 1700 and the last bird of the day, an adult Bald Eagle moved south at 1711 against a blazing sunset. The count of 36 Bald Eagles is the highest so far this season, and the adult dark morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk at 1529 is the latest ever at the site. Eight of the 13 Golden Eagles moved after1557 suggesting that tomorrow should see more birds, and the 4th Gyrfalcon of the season cruised by at 1611. Non raptor movement was also abundant and diverse including 633 Canada Geese, 1 Cackling Goose (the 98th species for the season and a first November record), 5 European Starlings (new for November) and 149 Bohemian Waxwings. Six species of finch also moved past the site: 129 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 3 Pine Grosbeaks, 3 Red Crossbills, 12 White-winged Crossbills, 112 Common Redpolls and 1 Evening Grosbeak which was also a first November record. In total 1128 birds of 21 species were seen, 8 of which were raptor species: not bad for a cold November day at 1,900 m. 10.75 hours (767.58) BAEA 36 (417), SSHA 1 (1218), COHA 1 (191) NOGO 1 (142), RTHA 1 (186), RLHA 3 (59), GOEA 13 (5196), GYRF 1 (4) TOTAL 57 (7693)