October 1 [Day 12] (Jim Davis) The temperature was 5C at 0700 and rose to a high of 7C at 0900 before falling to 3C at 1100 when the site was abandoned because of heavy rain. The wind was very light SW and cloud cover was 100% stratocumulus. Light rain fell from 0700 to 0920, and rain resumed at 1000 becoming heavy at 1100. The western ridges were obscured all day but the Fisher Range to the east was partially open giving some possibility of raptor movement but it too became enveloped in cloud at 1100. Cliff later confirmed that this weather persisted for the rest of the day. No raptors were seen but other birds included 1 migrating Common Loon, 110 American Robins, 5 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers and 1 slate-coloured morph Dark-eyed Junco.

5 hours (139.57) TOTAL 0 (227)

Piitaistakis-South Livingstone: Frank site (Peter Sherrington, assisted by Hilary Atkinson and Raymond Toal) This was the first reconnaissance count of 10 planned for each weekend day during October, but the start was not encouraging as steady rain fell to 0945 and light rain showers persisted until noon. The northern part of the Livingstone Range was obscured by cloud until 1245 and was subsequently draped in local cloud until 1430. Temperatures ranged from 5.5C to 8C and the wind was SSW-SSE, mainly light but occasionally gusting to 15 km/h. The first migrant raptor was not seen until 1355 but the next two hours saw a sporadic movement of birds along the Livingstone Range with the last bird seen at 1551. The flight was 1 adult Bald Eagle, 4 unaged Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 adult Northern Goshawk, 1 adult light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk, 2 unaged dark morph Harlan's red-tailed Hawks and 11 Golden Eagles (2 adults, 5 subadults and 4 juveniles). A surprise was two Short-eared Owls that circled high at 1419, flapping above a slowly migrating Golden Eagle on the Piitaistakis Ridge and furnishing just the 3^rd record of the species for the count. There were few passerine migrants but 11 American Robins and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets moved south before noon and a flock of 12 Red Crossbills perched briefly at 1557 before continuing south. Many thanks to David Thomas for producing an annotated panorama of the Livingstone Range (using a splendid photograph taken by Raymond) for the use of visitors to the site, and for spending several hours in the parking lot of the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre to guide visitors to the site. Details on accessing the Frank site may be found on our website.

6.5 hours BAEA 1, SSHA 4, NOGO 1, RTHA 3, GOEA 11 TOTAL 20