March 30 [Day 38] It was an encouraging start to the day despite calm conditions and -15C as all the ridges were clear and there was only 70% high cloud cover. It didn’t last and at 0945 snow began again and the ridges quickly disappeared. There was some partial clearing of the ridges between 1300 and 1510 with the temperature rising to -1.5C, but everything closed in again with moderate snow falling at 1510 when I left, with 3 cm of snow additional to the 13 cm fresh on the ground in the morning. The partial clearing in the early afternoon allowed one migrant Golden Eagle to move north along Bluff Mountain after briefly soaring with the 2 displaying resident birds at 1305. 7.5 hours (405.2) GOEA 1 (2119) TOTAL 1 (2513)

Mount Lorette (Bill) The temperature ranged from -10C to -3C with mainly light winds all day. It snowed to 1100 and again after 1705, but in between raptors moved from 1126 to 1702, most of the birds being detected north of the site gliding to the NW. 12.17 hours (332.8) BAEA 3 (70), GOEA 15 (1086) TOTAL 18 (1171)