March 13 [Day 12] (Joel Duncan) There was 20 cm of fresh snow on the ground at 0900 and a further 5 cm fell during the day. The temperature at 0900 was 4C which proved to be the high for the day and it was -2C at 1530 when Joel finally decided that raptor migration was out of the question. Ground winds were SW 5-10 gusting 20 km/h and ridge winds were SW moderate to strong all day. Cloud cover was 100% stratus and all ridges were obscured except for a short period between 1300 and 1450 when the Fisher Range cleared briefly, and light to heavy snow fell all day. Not surprisingly, no migrant raptors were seen, although 5 Canada geese flew to the north and 38 Pine Grosbeaks, a Song Sparrow and 2 Dark-eyed Juncos were also recorded at the site. 6.5 hours (108.19) TOTAL 0 (64)

Beauvais Ridge No observation

The further adventures of “Elaine” By the end of the day Elaine was about 35 km SE of Moberly Lake in NE British Columbia after having flown over Tumbler Ridge earlier in the day.