April 13 [Day 52] At 0700 the temperature was 9.5C and rose to a high 19C at 1600 and was still 15C at 2000. Ridge winds were W moderate to strong all day, and for the first time ground gusts of 40 km/h did not cause wind-chill discomfort. An altostratus Chinook Arch hung over the Livingstone Range until 1530 when a mixture of cumulus, altocumulus and cirrus cloud developed, but much of the day was sunny. The day’s first raptor was a Northern Goshawk at 0952 and again subsequent movement was slow but steady until the passage of the last Golden Eagle at 1908. The Bald Eagle count of 13 was the highest this month and the total of 13 Golden Eagles comprised 2 adults, 3 subadults and 8 juveniles. The highlight of the day, however, was the season’s first Broad-winged Hawk, an adult light morph, at 1655 equaling the earliest occurrence of the species in 1996 at Mount Lorette. A male Red-naped Sapsucker was the first for the season, and non-raptor migrants included 2 Tree Swallows, 9 European Starlings, 1 Bohemian Waxwing and 121 Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches. 13 hours (582.3) BAEA 13 (397), NOHA 1 (7), SSHA 2 (8), NOGO 3 (87), UA 1 (1), BWHA 1 (1), RTHA 4 (126), GOEA 13 (2610) TOTAL 38 (3289)

Mount Lorette (Bill) Similar weather conditions prevailed at Lorette with the temperature reaching 16.5C from a low of 5C, ground winds were WSW gusting 40 km/h with medium to strong westerlies aloft and 80% altostratus cloud in the morning diminished to give cloudless skies from 1100 to 1400 after which a mixture of cumulus and cirrus developed. Unfortunately, there was no similarity in raptor movement with the only migrants being a juvenile Bald Eagle at 1245 and a subadult Golden Eagle at 1548. 14 hours (478.9) BAEA 1 (83) GOEA 1 (1176) TOTAL 2 (1285)