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.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
November 7 [Day 71] A rather gloomy day with 100% cumulus and altostratus cloud cover until late afternoon, but relatively warm with the temperature ranging from 2C to 4C. Winds were westerly and generally moderate only gusting to 50 km/h around 1300 and after 1700. The southern end of the Livingstone Range was periodically enveloped in cloud and as a result raptor movement was sporadic and sparse with only 22 birds moving between 0932 and 1559. By way of compensation the flight comprised 8 species of raptor including our first ever November Northern Harrier (an adult female), the 5th Gyrfalcon of the season (a grey morph adult male) and the first migrant Prairie Falcon for 16 days. A subadult Golden Eagle gliding past at 1546 was number 5250 for the season. An adult male Oregon (J.h.montanus) Junco was the first at the site since October 9 and was the first time the subspecies has been recorded there in November, and a flock of 40 Snow Buntings flying south also represented a November first. Other migrant passerines were 390 Bohemian Waxwings, 127 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches, 5 Pine Grosbeaks, 4 White-winged Crossbills and 182 Common Redpolls. 10.58 hours (788.91) BAEA 2 (439), NOHA 1 (56), SSHA 1 (1219), NOGO 1 (145), RLHA 1 (60), GOEA 14 (5253), GYRF 1 (5), PRFA 1 (15) TOTAL 22 (7781)
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