April 10 [Day 46] (Valley View site) It was yet another warm sunny day with the temperature rising to 13C from a low of 2C. Ground winds were mainly SW gusting to 30 km/h in the afternoon and ridge winds were W moderate all day. Cloud cover ranged from 10-100% thin altostratus, cirrostratus and cirrus generally providing good observing conditions. It was another slow day of raptor movement although birds moved throughout the period 1030 to1756. All 7 Red-tailed Hawks were adult light morph calurus and moved between 1525 and 1756, and the 11 Golden Eagles comprised 5 adults, 4 subadults and 2 juveniles. After a movement of 98 Bald Eagles in the last 6 days not one was seen today. Not only is raptor movement slow but no new songbirds have appeared in several days, although wintering birds have dwindled rapidly. 12.33 hours (503) NOGO 3 (69), RTHA 7 (44), GOEA 11 (2393), MERL 1 (12) TOTAL 22 (2934)
Mount Lorette (George Halmazna) Weather conditions were similar with the temperature ranging from 2C to 12C, cloud cover of 20-80% mainly cirrus and cumulus and probably light to moderate SW ridge winds. The only migrant raptor seen was an adult Bald Eagle at 1432, but a total of 31 bird species was recorded including the season’s first Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 13 hours (419.7) BAEA 1 (72) TOTAL 1 (926)