April 16[Day 57] (Valley View site) The temperature reached a season high 19.5C at 1600 from a low of -3C, and was still 13C at 1940. Ground winds were calm to light WSW-SW to 1400 after which they occasionally gusted to 26 km/h becoming calm to light again after 1800, and ridge winds were W light to moderate to 1500 after which they became moderate to possibly strong at times. Cloud cover was initially 50% altocumulus quickly decreasing and becoming cloudless between 0900 and 1230, after which mainly cirrus and cirrostratus developed reaching 100% after 1900. The day’s first migrant raptor was a light morph Rough-legged Hawk at 0917 but by 1700 only 10 birds had been tallied including a short burst of 4 Golden Eagles between 1241 and 1254. Eighteen birds moved after 1500, however, providing a total of 28 migrants that comprised 3 Bald Eagles (2sa,1j), 3 adult Sharp-shinned Hawks, 2 Northern Goshawks (1a,1j), 7 adult calurus Red-tailed Hawks (6 light, 1 dark), 2 Rough-legged Hawks (1 light, 1 dark) and 11 Golden Eagles (4sa,7j). A flock of around 25 Snow Geese flying high to the west over Bluff Mountain at 1715 [species #51] were the first spring record for the site, and the warm weather provide flying conditions for 3 species of butterfly: Morning Cloak, Milbert’s Tortoiseshell and Green Comma. 12.67 hours (657.5) BAEA 3 (356), SSHA 3 (18), NOGO 2 (70), RTHA 7 (66), RLHA 2 (33), GOEA 11 (2034) TOTAL 28 (2609)