February 23 [Day 4] Another pleasant day with the temperature rising from -1C to 6C, but moderate westerly winds made it feel cooler. The upper flow was strong westerly to 1300 producing variable cirrus and altocumulus cloud that diminished to 5% from 1200 to 1330, but progressively increased to 100% cumulus by the end of the day as a light northerly flow aloft became established after 1330. With moderate westerly winds I was expecting an early start to raptor movement but the first migrant, a juvenile Golden Eagle (the only immature bird of the day), did not pass until 1151. Thereafter movement was fairly steady (for February) until 1642 when the day’s 17^th raptor and 10^th Golden Eagle went north. The day’s Golden Eagle total equals the earliest double-figure count for the species, which was Mount Lorette in 1999, and four days of counting have exceeded the former high total February raptor count of 41 at Mount Lorette in 2004 which was achieved in a count of 14 days. At 1757 I watched a resident Golden Eagle soaring over the Livingstone Ridge drop a small branch (c 75-100 cm long) that it was carrying and stoop to catch it in mid-air, repeating the manoeuver almost immediately after before gliding off to the east carrying the branch. In November 2006 I watched a juvenile bird doing the same thing, but this is the first time I have seen an adult bird “playing” in this manner. At 1345 a flock of 30 Bohemian Waxwings that flew high to the north were probably migrants. 10.75 hours (42) BAEA 6 (23), NOGO 1 (3), GOEA 10 (20) TOTAL 17 (46)