September 17 [Day 23] Both the overnight low of 13C and the high of 21C were both seasonal highs, and it was still 19C at 1900. The wind was W all day generally light until 1300 then increasing to 20-30km/h occasionally gusting to 40 km/h. Cloud cover was initially 50% cirrus but gradually diminished throughout the day to just 5% by late afternoon. An adult male columbarius Merlin at 0759 was the earliest raptor seen this season and was quickly followed by a juvenile Northern Harrier at 0802 and 2 juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawks at 0816. Movement was subsequently steady until 1545 when a Sharp-shinned Hawk proved to be the 1000th migrant raptor of the season, but subsequently only 3 more migrants were seen, the last being a juvenile Northern Goshawk at 1703. This is the earliest date that we have reached the 1000 migrant level; in 2006 it was on September 24 and last year on September 22. Yet again the flight was dominated by Sharp-shinned Hawks (42), but today saw the highest percentage (26%) of adult birds so far. All the day's 4 Red-tailed Hawks moved between 1428 and 1442, with two of them being adult dark morph "Harlan's Hawks". Passerine movement was also somewhat diminished but included the second Palm Warbler of the season along with 2 Blue Jays, 24 Clark's Nutcrackers, 33 Mountain Chickadees, 47 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 3 Mountain Bluebirds, 1 Townsend's Solitaire, 75 American Robins, 4 American Pipits, 34 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Wilson's Warblers, 1 Chipping Sparrow, 3 White-crowned Sparrows, 27 Dark-eyed Juncos, 15 White-winged Crossbills and only 8 Pine Siskins. 11.5 hours (256.17) OSPR 1 (6), NOHA 2 (21), SSHA 42 (560), COHA 7 (111), NOGO 2 (40), UA 1 (20), RTHA 4 (62), GOEA 4 (119), MERL 1 (10), UU 1 (6) TOTAL 65 (1003)