September 19 [Day 25] The stable warm weather continued today with the temperature reaching a high of 21C from a starting temperature of 15C. Winds were light westerly in the morning but increased to 25-35 km/h in the afternoon before suddenly changing to easterly at 1845. Cloud cover was 50-100% cirrostratus and cirrus all day mainly giving reasonable viewing conditions. The first migrant raptor, a juvenile Northern Harrier, did not appear until 1123 and movement was then fairly slow but steady until 1447 after which it became very sporadic until the passage of the last bird of the day, an Osprey at 1819. Thirty-one of the day's 39 migrants were accipiters, and only 1 migrant Golden Eagle, a subadult, moved south at 1242. It will obviously take a change in the weather to get them moving. Passerine migration, on the other hand, was fairly good with the highlight being an adult female Cape May Warbler at 1056. This is the 3rd record for the site and the latest, the other two occurrences being September 6 and September 7 in 2006 and 2007 respectively. Also late was a Vesper Sparrow, the previous latest record being September 7 in 2007, and 5 Barn Swallows that are 13 days later than the previous latest record (September 6, 2007). Other migrants included 54 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 11 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Townsend's Warbler, 1 Wilson's Warbler and 33 Dark-eyed Juncos of 4 subspecies (montanus, mearnsii, cismontanus and hyemalis). For the third day in a row Pine Siskin numbers were in single figures and their migration appears to be losing steam. Other finch migrants were 20 Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches, 4 Red Crossbills and 20 White-winged Crossbills. A Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel made its first appearance in 8 days, and a Northwestern Fritillary and 2 Long Dash Skippers were on the wing. 12.25 hours (280.67) OSPR 1 (8), NOHA 1 (23), SSHA 17 (595), COHA 9 (131), NOGO 4 (49), UA 1 (25), RTHA 4 (76), GOEA 1 (132), MERL 1 (11) TOTAL 39 (1111)