February 22 [Day 7] (Valley View site) The temperature rose to 6C from a low of -9.5C and was still 2C at 1800. Ground winds were light and mainly SW to 1100, increasing to moderate SW to 1500 after which the became mainly N gusting to 50 km/h. Ridge winds appeared to be WNW light to 1000, moderate to 1530 after which they became moderate to strong. Cloud cover was 5-40% very thin cirrostratus and cirrus with persistent condensation trails from over-flying aircraft that indicated that the high flow remained northerly. Raptor movement started spectacularly at 1302 with 4 adult Bald Eagles soaring together in front of the moon that was just rising above the ridge to the east, and they were followed rapidly by 5 more Bald Eagles (4 adults and a subadult), a Northern Goshawk and 5 Golden Eagles (3 adults and 2 juveniles) before the end of the hour. The movement was not sustained, however, and the next 2 hours produced only 3 more Bald Eagles (2 adults and 1 late subadult) and 2 adult Golden Eagles with the last moving at 1555, with the increasingly strong northerly winds appearing to slow and then stop the flow of birds. A northern Pygmy-Owl singing south of the site at 0940 was the first for the season and the 22nd bird species recorded so far. 11 hours (75.34) BAEA 12 (25), NOGO 1 (2), GOEA 7 (11) TOTAL 20 (40)