April 18 [Day 54] (Valley View site) (Vance Mattson) The temperature ranged from 1C to 11C, ground winds were generally SW-W gusting 30-50 km/h until 2000 when they became light and ridge winds were W moderate to strong all day. Cloud cover was 10-90% thin altostratus, cirrus and cumulus giving excellent observation conditions. It was the highest combined species count for 6 days with 51 birds of 11 species moving. The first bird, an adult Northern Goshawk, occurred at 0932 and movement was then fairly steady for the rest of the day with the last Golden Eagle gliding high to the north at 2040 and the last bird of the day, a juvenile Bald Eagle, still moving north at 2045, the latest bird ever at the site. The season’s first Osprey was recorded at 1051, one day later than last year, and both Northern Harrier (3) and Sharp-shinned Hawk (4) had their best day so far, although Cooper’s Hawks are still conspicuously absent. An adult light morph Ferruginous Hawk at 1105 was the season’s 4th and an adult Peregrine Falcon at 1059 was the 5th. The total of 21 Golden Eagles comprised 5 subadults, 15 juveniles and one bird of undetermined age, and the resident pair was observed copulating high on Morin Peak at 1922. 13.08 hours (597.3) OSPR 2 (2), BAEA 7 (392), NOHA 3 (7), SSHA 4 (18), NOGO 3 (79), RTHA 6 (118), FEHA 1 (4), RLHA 2 (23), GOEA 21 (2524), MERL 1 (17), PEFA 1 (5) TOTAL 51 (3210)