November 5 [Day 71] (Valley View site) The temperature was 8C at 0700 and reached a high of 14.5 at 1200, the highest temperature recorded since September 26, and was still 10.5C at 1745. Ground winds were W-SW light until 1210 after which they gusted up to 60 km/h, and ridge winds were W-WSW moderate to 1200 and subsequently strong. Cloud cover was a mixture of cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus, altocumulus and cumulus ranging from 5-90%. The day’s first migrant Golden Eagle occurred at 0750 and movement was fairly strong until 1343 by which time 35 migrants had been tallied with 12 moving between 1200 and 1300. Only 4 more birds went south, however, with the last Golden Eagle, recorded at 1704. The 32 Golden Eagles comprised 31 adults and 1 juvenile and all the 5 Bald Eagles were adults. 10.92 hours (826.88) BAEA 5 (336), NOGO 1 (131), RLHA 1 (59), GOEA 32 (3945) TOTAL 39 (6409)
Mount Lorette [Day 42] (Joel Duncan) The temperature was 13C between 1200 and 1600 and was still 8C at 1730, ground winds were SW-W gusting to 30 km/h in the afternoon, ridge winds were strong SW and cloud cover was 5-20% cumulus and cirrus. Only 1 Bald Eagle and 4 Golden Eagles were recorded between 1328 and 1710. 7.25 hours (476.65) BAEA 1 (92), GOEA 4 (2253) TOTAL 5 (2501)