May 16 [Day 79] (Piitaistakis Ridge) It was a pleasantly warm day with the temperature reaching 13C from a low of 3.5C, but WNW-W winds all day were mainly strong gusting to 66 km/h in the morning and 70-80 km/h after 1700. Cloud cover was mainly 70-100% altostratus, lenticular, cirrus and altocumulus giving hazy sunshine all day and providing an excellent backdrop to observe often high flying migrant raptors. It was a good late-season movement with 25 birds of 9 species moving between 0828 and 1859 with 11 of the birds occurring between 1400 and 1600. All the birds were immature and all were juveniles with the exception of single subadult Bald and Golden Eagles. The only apparent passerine migrants were 120 Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches that moved along the ridge in 4 flocks, and Steller’s Jay, Mountain Bluebird, Vesper Sparrow and Brewer’s Blackbird were recorded on the ridge for the first time this season. 12.75 hours (896.2) OSPR 1 (20), BAEA 3 (435), NOHA 1 (29), SSHA 3 (85), COHA 2 (17), NOGO 2 (108), RTHA 6 (194), GOEA 6 (2714), MERL 1 (24) TOTAL 25 (3712)