March 4 No observation. It snowed all morning and flurries continued for much of the afternoon. It kept appearing that it was about to clear but cloud continued to drape the Livingstone Ridge all afternoon. Sunny conditions are forecast for the next four days, so I expect to see a marked increase in numbers of migrants.

Mount Lorette: It was a similar situation with the ridges never really clearing, with the only raptor seen being a probably non-migrating Northern Goshawk. The highlight of Joel’s day was a male Belted Kingfisher on the Kananaskis River. 10 hours (43.75), no migrant raptors.