August 30 [Day 6] For the first time this season the winds were light to moderate and never exceeded 16 km/h, at first from the WNW, then SE and finally E (upslope) for most of the afternoon. The temperature ranged from 9C to 13C, and yet again 40-70% mainly cumulus cloud cover provided an excellent observational backdrop. The first Coopers’ Hawk of the season moved at 0940 followed at 1057 by the first Red-tailed Hawk of the day and it looked like it was going to be yet another slow day. Between 1100 and 1200, however, I saw 12 migrant raptors and by the time the last Red-tailed Hawk had moved south at 1839 the day’s total was 45 migrants of 8 species, including the first migrant Bald Eagle (a juvenile) of the season, the highest ever RMERF August single-day totals for Northern Harrier (6), Sharp-shinned Hawk (21), Golden Eagle (7) and American Kestrel (4, equaling August 28 2006), and the combined species count of 45 is the highest ever single-day total for a RMERF August count. Passerine movement was also strong including 111 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 40 of which moved along the ridge in a 10 minute period just before 0900, 3 Mountain Bluebirds, 4 Townsend’s Solitaires, 15 American Robins, 36 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Townsend’s Warbler and 123 Pine Siskins. A flock of 5 Wild Turkeys on the road at the parking area at 0740 were the first for August, but as it is the Labour Day weekend I suppose that turkeys on the road are to be expected! 11.75 hours (69.75) BAEA 1 (1), NOHA 6 (7), SSHA 21 (26), COHA 2 (2), SWHA 1 (1), RTHA 3 (4), GOEA 7 (13), AMKE 4 (4) TOTAL 45 (60)