March 17 [Day 16] (Doug Pedersen, assisted by Cliff Hansen) There was 3 cm of fresh snow on the ground at 0750. The temperature of -5C at 0750 rose to 1C at 1400 and stayed there for the rest of the day. Ground winds were very light to 1600 after which they were N 6-11 km/h, and ridge winds were also mainly light S-SW. Cloud cover was again 100% stratus all day and the ridges were 50% obscured to 0900, 70% obscured at 1000 and subsequently 100% obscured for the rest of the day. Light snow fell to noon and again after 1600. No migrant raptors were seen although 2 resident adult Bald Eagles were noted. This is the third consecutive day with zero migrants and the 6^th this season. The Golden Eagle count remains at only 71 and were are only 4 days away from the average median passage date for the species! 10.16 hours (143.27) TOTAL 0 (81)

Beauvais Ridge No observation (poor weather: snow for most of the day but rapid clearing after 1800 may augur well for tomorrow)