November 2 [Day 42] (Cliff Hansen) The temperature reached a high of 7C at 1600 from a low of 2C and remained at 5.5C at 1830. Ground winds were mainly SW all day 5-15 km/h gusting to 35-40 km/h, while ridge winds were strong WSW-W gusting above 100 km/h throughout the day and peaking at 150 km/h at 1700. Cloud cover was 100% altostratus and altocumulus forming an arch after 1100, that thinned to 50% in the mid afternoon as the arch moved to the east, with 100% thin altostratus forming in the late afternoon. Despite excellent observation conditions only 3 migrant raptors were seen all day: 1 light morph Rough-legged Hawk at 1526, 1 unaged Sharp-shinned Hawk at 1658 and 1 unaged Golden Eagle at 1701. Other birds were also thin but included 75 Common Redpolls, 55 Pine Siskins, and 2 first-winter Ring-billed Gulls that flew low to the south above the river.

10.25 hours (476.11) SSHA 1 (111), RLHA 1 (33), GOEA 1 (1701) TOTAL 3 (3725)

The adventures of “Elaine” (Golden Eagle #78453) By the end of November 1 Elaine was 25 km ESE of where she was on October 31, still in the Lewis Range, and appears to have lost the southward momentum that quickly carried her from the southern Yukon to northern Montana in about 4 days.