The South Livingstone Raptor Count for the spring migration of 2008 has now begun. First official day of counting began on 20th February 2008. Follow the daily movement of raptors on this blog updated daily by Peter Sherrington.

Monday, February 25, 2008

February 25 [Day 6] With 5 cm of fresh snow on the ground an almost cloudless sky allowed the temperature to drop to -10C and despite the sunshine the day’s high was only 3C. Ground winds were light and generally from the SW, with ridge winds becoming moderate after 1400. The calm conditions meant that the first migrant, an adult Golden Eagle, was not seen until 1256, and the 8 subsequent migrant eagles generally moved slowly to the north along the Livingstone ridge: with the exception of a subadult Bald Eagle all were adults. A total of 120 Grey-crowned Rosy Finches flew high to the north in two flocks. Raymond took the morning shift and was compensated for the lack of raptors by the appearance a stag Moose that wandered by just after noon. 10.25 hours (59.5) BAEA 6 (29), GOEA 3 (23) TOTAL 9 (55)

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