September 9 [Day 16] The temperature ranged from 6C to 13C and winds were again W generally below 50 km/h to 1300 but increased in the afternoon with maximum gusts to 89 km/h before again dropping below 50 km/h after 1800. Cloud cover was a mixture of 60-100% altostratus (at times forming an arch), cirrostratus, cumulus and altocumulus furnishing excellent viewing conditions throughout the day. Unfortunately there were few raptors to view with only 7 birds moving between 1228 and 1746. The last bird of the day was a subadult Golden Eagle which had a highly disheveled appearance with both wings lacking several primary and secondary feathers and with a very ragged tail. I wonder if this is what happens when an eagle tries to fly through winds like we have experienced in the last few days! The slightly calmer winds this morning produced a fairly good songbird migration including 10 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 1 House Wren, 18 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 35 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 7 Townsend’s Solitaires, 1 Swainson’s Thrush, 15 American Robins, 39 Yellow-rumped Warblers and 2 Wilson’s Warblers. A female Downy Woodpecker was the 72nd bird species of the season and the first new one added since September 4. 12.67 hours (199.75) SSHA 2 (127), COHA 1 (34), UA 1 (8), RTHA 1 (31), GOEA 2 (28) TOTAL 7 (351)