August 29 [Day 5] At 0800 the temperature was 15C which rose to 17C at 1000 where it remained until 1800 before falling to 16.5C at 1900. Once again winds were E generally 10-15 km/h becoming light after 1800 and cloud cover was 10-60% cirrus, altocumulus and altostratus giving sunny skies all day. Raptor movement was slow but steady between 1001 and 1504, followed by 3.25 hours of non-movement, then 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks and a Red-tailed Hawk occurred after1800 bringing the combined species total for August to 101 which equals the previous high count for the month set in 2006. Highlights were two light morph Ferruginous Hawks (an adult and a bird of unknown age) and 2 juvenile Golden Eagles. Songbird movement was also thin and sporadic but included season-first records of Swainson’s Thrush (2), Varied Thrush, American Redstart (just the second record for the ridge) and American Pipit (3), bringing the bird species count to 61 so far.12.33 (62.25) NOHA 2 (14), SSHA 8 (33), COHA 2 (5), RTHA 4 (13), FEHA 3 (5), UB 1 (2), GOEA 2 (7), AMKE 1 (8) TOTAL 22 (101)