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.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

May 7 [Day 70] (Valley View site) Another gloomy day with 100% stratus and cumulus cloud cover all day, usually light W to variable ground winds, moderate W ridge winds and temperatures that ranged from 2C to 7C. Sleet and light rain persisted until 0945 and resumed at 1600 and by 1830 all ridges were obscured. Only 3 migrant raptors were seen: an Osprey at 1051, a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk at 1255 and a subadult Golden Eagle at 1714. A Vesper Sparrow singing at 0650 was the season’s first and occurred on the same date as last year. 11.5 hours (783.8) OSPR 1 (14), RTHA 1 (161), GOEA 1 (2651) TOTAL 3 (3525)

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