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 6, 2007
November 6 [Day 70] The temperature started at -1C and rose to a very pleasant 4C for much of the afternoon as westerly winds freshened to 40-50 km/h. Cloud cover was a variable mixture of altostratus, cirrus and lenticular from 20-90% again providing an excellent viewing background for much of the day. The first raptor of the day was a Merlin at 0746, but thereafter the movement was dominated by eagles with the 43 Golden Eagles being the highest total this month so far. Movement was fairly steady all day with peak movement of 16 birds between 1100 and 1745, and the last Bald Eagle moved south at 1652. Passerine movement included 1 American Robin (the first for 9 days), 190 Bohemian Waxwings, 75 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 3 Pine Grosbeaks, 1 Red Crossbill, 33 White-winged Crossbills, and 293 Common Redpolls. After having seen Bobcat tracks after every snowfall both last fall and this I finally managed to see the animal in the flesh as it moved eastwards just north of the site at 1642: from the size of the track it appeared to be a male. 10.75 hours (778.33) BAEA 20 (437), NOGO 2 (144), GOEA 43 (5239), MERL 1 (27) TOTAL 66 (7759)
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