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.

Monday, May 4, 2009

May 4 [Day 67] (Valley View site) The temperature reached 12C from a low of 4.5C, ground winds were generally W to SW gusting 40 km/h in the morning, moderating to 15-20 km/h in the afternoon and becoming light after 2000; ridge winds were W moderate to strong in the morning becoming moderate in the afternoon. Cloud cover for most of the day was 20-60% cumulus with cirrostratus developing after 1800 that thickened and reached 100% after 1900. Migration and observation conditions appeared to be ideal all day but the first raptor migrants, 2 juvenile Golden Eagles, did not appear until 1429 and by 1900 only 5 more migrants had been seen. At 1904, however, Golden Eagles began to move with 6 seen before 2000 and 4 more moving after 2000 with the last recorded at 2016. The 15 Golden Eagles comprised 3 subadults and 12 juveniles, and the total is the highest count for the species since April 26. 13.5 hours (741.1) NOHA 1 (19), SSHA 1 (59), GOEA 15 (2635) TOTAL 17 (3493)

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