August 28 [Day 4] The temperature was 16C at 0800 but only rose another 3.5C to a high of 19.5C. It was essentially calm until 1300 after which winds were easterly up to 15 km/h, and it was almost cloudless with only a thin layer of altostratus along the eastern horizon all day. After yesterday’s high variety of raptors today’s tally of 6 species seemed rather pedestrian, but the total of 30 migrants between 1050 and 1729 was a good count for this early in the season. The movement comprised 6 juvenile Northern Harriers, 11 Sharp-shinned Hawks (2 adults, 9 juveniles), 2 Cooper’s Hawks (1 adult, 1 juvenile), 3 juvenile Northern Goshawks, 4 juvenile light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawks and 4 juvenile Golden Eagles. Fourteen of the birds moved between 1300 and 1500, but subsequently only 6 more migrants were seen. There was a reasonable passerine movement early in the morning which stopped abruptly around 0845 and included 55 American Robins but only a scattering of other species. New species for the season included a House Wren, a female MacGillivray’s Warbler and a Cassin’s Finch, while a Brown-headed Cowbird was, somewhat surprisingly, the first ever seen on a fall count at the site. A female Black Bear with two cubs seen at 1144 were a comfortable distance away to the north-east below the ridge, and for part of the afternoon I shared the site with 13 Bighorn Sheep ewes and lambs. 12.25 hours (49.92) NOHA 6 (12), SSHA 11 (25), COHA 2 (3), NOGO 3 (5), RTHA 4 (9), GOEA 4 (5) TOTAL 30 (79)