Official Counter
Adam Richardson
Observers
None
Weather
Trace amount of snow overnight, then heavy snow from dawn
until 10:30. An inch of snow fell during
the morning storm and once it stopped the valley was covered in a thick
fog. By 11:30 the fog was burning off
fast and by 12:00 it was mostly cloudy with low cumulus clouds and a few cirrus
clouds above. By 13:30 the clouds had
lifted and it was partly cloudy for the remainder of the day. Thermal lift was poor most of the day as the
winds were pretty strong out of the N averaging 7-15kph. A high today of 9C at 15:30 and a steady
barometer. Visibility wasn’t great with
clouds low to the east for most of the afternoon. This wasn’t the case to the west where it was
primarily clear most of the day.
Raptor Notes
A very small unknown raptor, possibly an accipiter or falcon
was seen going sky high far to the west at 13:00. No sooner had I detected the bird than it
folded up and shot north. Between 15:00
and 16:00 a NOHA was spotted going high off Jumbo and this bird primarily
folded up and shot north, but far to the east.
The big excitement today was the resident MERL making use of
the N-NE winds early in the count that were creating uplift off the bluff I am
counting from. The MERL was literally
spotted just behind my shoulder and I thought at first it was a migrant. A few minutes later it returned on my west
side and moved to a snag to the N of me to perch in the tree. I got a good look at this adult male bird.
Non-raptor Notes
The AWPE continue to grow their squadron’s numbers. Today 9 came in from the SW and moved off
somewhere to the N a short way, possibly Eagle Creek.
Visitors
None
Next Day Forecast
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