August 29 [Day 5] (Joel) It was the warmest day of the season so far with the temperature climbing to 17C from a low of 11.5C under the influence of strong W winds all day. Once again viewing conditions were excellent with 40-70% cumulus, altostratus and cirrus cloud all day but again raptor movement was limited to just 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks and a juvenile Golden Eagle. By way of compensation there was a varied and fairly strong passerine movement including 38 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5 Townsend’s Solitaires, 4 American Robins, 2 Orange-crowned Warblers, 23 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 7 Townsend’s Warblers (a new single-day record for the site), 70 Pine Siskins and the first August record of a Purple Finch, a female, for the site. 12 hours (58) SSHA 2 (5), GOEA 1 (6) TOTAL 3 (15)