April 18 [Day 59] (Valley View site) (Denise Cocciolone-Amatto to 1200) It was another warm day with the temperature reaching 17C between 1500 and 1630 from a low of 7C and remained at 13.5 at 1900. Ground winds ranged from NW to SW gusting to 35 km/h around midday and becoming light after 1800, and ridge winds were W moderate to strong to 1700 after which they became light NW. Cloud cover ranged from 30-90% mainly cirrus in the morning with thickening cumulus cloud developing in the afternoon. A total of 30 raptors migrated between 0804 and1906 with peak movement of 7 birds between 1400 and 1500, and 1500 and 1600, with the flight comprising 4 Bald Eagles (3a,1sa), 3 Northern Harriers (1 adult male, 1 adult female and 1 juvenile), 1 adult Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 adult Northern Goshawks, 6 calurus Red-tailed Hawks (5 light (4a,1u) and 1 dark adult), 2 Rough-legged Hawks (1 light, 1 dark), 11 Golden Eagles (2a,4sa,5j) and the season’s first Gyrfalcon, an adult grey morph bird at 1213 [species #56]. A female Cassin’s Finch at the site at 0905 was the 55th bird species of the season. 12.67 hours (684.5) BAEA 4 (369), NOHA 3 (8), SSHA 1 (31), NOGO 2 (76), RTHA 6 (80), RLHA 2 (36), GOEA 11 (2063), GYRF 1 (1) TOTAL 30 (2698)