The Piitaistakis (South Livingstone Ridge)and Mt. Lorette Raptor Counts for the spring migration of 2010 are underway. Follow the daily movement of raptors in these field notes by Research Director Peter Sherrington and his citizen scientist colleagues.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

April 12 No observation. Snow, low overcast and all obscured all day.

Mount Lorette [Day 43] (Cliff Hansen, Alan Hingston) Cliff arrived at the site at 1130 when the temperature was 0C and the ridge tops were all obscured. Alan arrived at 1400 and watched to 1900 but the ridges remained obscured with N-NE winds 20 gusting 30 km/h and a brief temperature high of 2C. At 1750 an adult light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk that soared low over the eastern flank of Mount Allan before slowly gliding to the north below the cloud base was believed to be a migrant. 7.5 hours (483) RTHA 1 (13) TOTAL 1 (1300)

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