Thursday, April 12, 2012


April 9 [Day 36] (George Halmazna) The temperature high was 9C at 1600 and 1700 from a morning low of -5C, and it was still 6.5C at 1930. Ground winds were calm to light SSW to 1300 after which they gusted to 20 km/h, changed to SE then N after 1400 becoming light again at the end of the day. The ridges were mainly calm to 1100 and again after 1900, and were probably light to moderate SSW-N in between. Cloud cover was 80-100% altostratus and altocumulus to to 1400 after which it slowly changed to cirrus, reducing to 30% after 1700. It was a disappointing day for raptor migration with only 7 birds moving between 1305 and 1712, with 4 of the birds occurring between 1305 and 1400. The flight was 3 adult Bald Eagles, 1 adult Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 adult light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk and only 2 Golden Eagles (1sa,1j). A Say's Phoebe foraging with Mountain Bluebirds in the Hay Meadow for most of the afternoon, was the first flycatcher of the season. 13 hours (362.16) BAEA 3 (69), SSHA 1 (13), RTHA 1 (28) GOEA 2 (935) TOTAL 7 (1080)

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