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 27, 2010

April 24 [Day 65] (Valley View site) (Bill Wilson) The temperature rose to 7C at 1200 and 1500 from a morning low of 1.5C, but fell to 1C at 1300 during one of the day’s several periods of snow flurries. Ground winds were mainly SW gusting to 50 km/h in mid afternoon, ridge winds were W moderate to strong all day and cloud cover was 90-100% cumulus and stratus, with the ridges periodically obscured during periods of snow. The only raptor migrants were juvenile Golden Eagles at 1455 and 1656 and a subadult Golden Eagle at 1738, and the only new species for the season was a Savannah Sparrow [species # 62] 13.58 hours (752.9) GOEA 3 (2085) TOTAL 3 (2769)

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