April 14 [Day 50] (Valley View site) The day started promisingly with 5-10% cumulus cloud, a temperature of -2.5C and moderate NW ridge winds. After 1000 cloud rapidly built up and snow moved from the north at 1100 and by 1115 all ridges were obscured. Winds for the rest of the day were light to moderate NE to N with extended periods of wet snow and snow pellets and some periods of clearing, with the temperature rising to a high of 3C. All the day’s migrant raptors moved between 1009 and 1206 and included 2 adult female Northern Harriers and 9 Red-tailed Hawks, one of which was an adult dark morph harlani. Despite occasional clearing in the afternoon no further movement happened, and as yet another wall of snow moved down from the NE at 1800 I gave up. 11.16 hours (552.5) NOHA 2 (3), NOGO 1 (75), RTHA 9 (102), GOEA 1 (2487) TOTAL 13 (3116)