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.

Friday, May 7, 2010

May 7 [Day 74] (Valley View site) Light snow persisted in the early morning and I arrived at the site at 0855 as the ridges had just cleared. Temperatures ranged from 1C to 6C, ground winds were light and variable and often calm, while ridge winds were also light all day. Cloud cover was 70-80% cumulus and altocumulus giving occasional light flurries to 1200, then 100% stratocumulus to 1430 after which the cover progressively thinned to 10% cumulus at 1900. Once again raptor movement was slow with only 7 birds moving between an Osprey at1142 and the season’s first Peregrine Falcon (an adult tundrius bird; species # 68) at 1825. The other migrants were 2 Bald Eagles (1a, 1sa) and 3 Golden Eagles (2sa, 1j). 10.5 hours OSPR 1 (7), BAEA 2 (381), GOEA 3 (2113), PEFA 1 (1) TOTAL 7 (2826)

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