March 30 [Day 36] (Valley View site) Temperatures ranged from -10C to a high of 5C at 1400, ground winds were N to SW gusting to 60 km/h around noon and diminishing to 20-25 km/h in the afternoon and ridge winds were WNW-W moderate to strong all day. Cloud cover was 40-80% cumulus, altostratus, cirrus and altocumulus to 1430, after which the cloud thickened to 100% altostratus and cumulus for the rest of the day. Raptor movement was steady all day between the first Golden Eagle at 0850 and the last 4 Bald Eagles at 1925 with the highest hourly count of 20 birds (2 Bald Eagles, 17 Golden Eagles and a Merlin) between 1300 and 1400. The only Buteo of the day was an adult dark morph Harlan’s Hawk at 1738, and the season’s second Peregrine Falcon flew high to the north at 1044. 12.75 hours (379.8) BAEA 11 (244), NOGO 5 (39), RTHA 1 (10), GOEA 97 (2208), MERL 1 (5), PEFA 1 (2), PRFA 2 (10) TOTAL 118 (2538)
Mount Lorette (George Halmazna) The temperature reached 1C from a low of -11C, ridge winds were SW moderate to strong all day and Chinook-type cloud cover ranged from 30-100%. All but one of the day’s 47 migrant raptors were Golden Eagles with most of the movement occurring in the mid afternoon and the last bird was at 1805. 13 hours (283.9) BAEA 1 (32), GOEA 46 (674) TOTAL 47 (723)