The South Livingston Raptor Count for the fall migration of 2009 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 25th August 2009. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington. If you enjoy and are inspired by what you are reading, and would consider supporting or joining RMERF, please click on Membership for details.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

November 14 [Day 80] (Valley View site) The temperature briefly reached 2C at 1300 from a low of -4C and fell to -3.5 by 1700. Ground winds were variable calm to light until 1225 after which they were mainly SW gusting to 30 km/h, and ridge winds were WSW light to moderate to 0930, moderate to 1330 after which they were moderate to strong for the rest of the day. Light snow fell to 1000 and the ridges were partially obscured until 1100, with cloud gradually diminishing to 40% cumulus by late afternoon. The first migrant raptor, a Golden Eagle, did not appear until 1127, but was followed in the next 23 minutes by 7 Bald Eagles and another Golden Eagle, and the next 1.5 hours yielded another 5 Bald Eagles and 8 Golden Eagles. After that movement slowed considerably with only 4 Bald Eagles and 1 Golden Eagle seen subsequently. The 16 Bald Eagles comprised 11 adults, 2 subadults and 3 juveniles and all 11 Golden Eagles were adults. At 0932 a skein of 41 Canada Geese flew high from the southern end of the Livingstone Range to the west through the Crowsnest Pass. 10.42 hours (921.97) BAEA 16 (424), GOEA 11 (4151) TOTAL 27 (6716)

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