April 5 [Day 44] Another pleasant day with a temperature high of 7C from a low of -3C, steady moderate NW to WNW winds all day, and 30-70% cumulus cloud allowing plenty of sunshine that has finally melted last weekend’s snowfall. The first raptor migrant was a Golden Eagle at 0914, and subsequent movement was slow but steady with no hour exceeding 9 birds and the last Golden Eagle was recorded at 1829. The 32 Golden Eagles comprised 19 adults, 7 subadults and 6 juvenile birds, and all the migrant Red-tailed Hawks were light morph adult calurus. In addition to the resident Golden Eagle pair, the female of which only visited the nest site for about 10 seconds today, there are also resident pairs of Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk (1 light and 1 rufous) and Prairie Falcon in the area. About 205 Grey-crowned Rosy-finches flew to the north, and a single flock of 30 swans flew high to the east over the Livingstone Range. A male hyemalis junco was the first seen this season. 12.25 hours (478.7) BAEA 4 (341), RTHA 10 (68), GOEA 32 (2432), PRFA 1 (7) TOTAL 49 (2956)

Mount Lorette (Ron) Morning snow in the Calgary area made it challenging to get to the site where 4 cm of fresh snow was on the ground. The temperature ranged from 4C to 6C, ridge winds were light to moderate W and cloud cover was mainly cumulus that towered in the late afternoon. Only 3 migrant raptors were recorded including the first Sharp-shinned Hawk of the season. 10.25 hours (402.7) SSHA 1 (1), GOEA 2 (1138) TOTAL 3 (1233)