The South Livingstone Raptor Count for the spring migration of 2009 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 15th February 2009. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington.

Friday, April 3, 2009

April 3 [No observation] Snow all day (4cm fresh) with light to moderate SE winds and ridges substantially obscured all day. I went to the site for a couple of hours in mid afternoon when the cloud appeared to be lifting but it didn’t!
Mount Lorette (George Halmazna) The temperature ranged from -8C to 1.5C and winds were initially light E, switching to N in the afternoon. Cloud formed over the ridges by late morning and stayed there for the rest of the day and there were snow flurries throughout much of the afternoon. The sun was visible through the clouds all day giving the prospect of a clearing that never came. The day’s only migrant raptor was a juvenile Bald Eagle. 13 hours (332.9) BAEA 1 (42) TOTAL 1 (771)

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