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, May 1, 2009

May 1 [Day 64] (Valley View site) It was -5.5C with 1 cm of fresh snow at 0700, but by 1600 the temperature had risen to 10C under sunny skies. Ground winds were very light until noon after which they were SW gusting to 20 km/h until 1800 after which they again became very light. Upper winds were light to moderate N until 1000 after which they were light to moderate NW, and cloud cover was cumulus peaking at 60% at 1200 after which it quickly cleared and it was essentially cloudless after 1400 making the detection of migratory raptors challenging. The first migrant raptor, an Osprey, was not seen until 1250 after which movement was slow until 1840 when the last Sharp-shinned Hawk of the day flew north. The 8 migrant species included the season’s 6th Ferruginous Hawk, a light morph of undetermined age at 1630, and 3 juvenile Golden Eagles. 12.25 hours (708.7) OSPR 1 (11), BAEA 2 (418), NOHA 1 (16), SSHA 5 (42), COHA 1 (5), UA 1 (1), RTHA 3 (150), GOEA 3 (2614) TOTAL 18 (3438)

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