November 8 [Day 48] (George Halmazna) There was very little temperature change throughout the day with a high of 1C at 1300 and a low of -1.5C at 1700. Ground winds were calm in the morning and light to moderate SW in the afternoon, while ridge winds were moderate SW-WSW all day gusting to 73 km/h at 1300. Cloud cover was 50% cumulus in the morning reducing to 10% between 1200 and 1500 after which it increased again to 50%. The raptor count was almost identical to yesterday's with 9 birds (1 late subadult Bald Eagle, 2 light morph Rough-legged Hawks and 6 Golden Eagles (2a,4j)) flying from Mount Lorette to the SE above the Fisher Range between 0839 and 1440. There was some passerine movement in the morning, including 146 Common Redpolls, but none were seen after 1300 when even ravens were absent.

10 hours (529.19) BAEA 1 (128), RLHA 2 (39), GOEA 6 (3430) TOTAL 9 (3844)

The adventures of “Elaine” (Golden Eagle #78453) On November 7 Elaine flew SE to Montana's Big Belt Mountains and on November 8 was about 25km E of the northern end of Canyon Ferry Lake, SE of Helena.