September 27 [Day 32] The wind was constantly from the W all day generally gusting 50-65 km/h and occasionally reaching 80 km/h. The temperature ranged from 6C to 12C, and from an early morning cloud cover of 10-20% altostratus, cover for the rest of the day ranged between 70-100% altostratus, cirrus, cirrostratus and cumulus giving excellent viewing conditions. And there was plenty to view with a season high 211 migrant raptors of 10 species moving steadily all day between 0820 and 1850 providing a great experience for the 50 visitors who climbed to the site to celebrate the Crowsnest Eagle Festival. Unlike last year when inclement weather confined the eagle movement to 1 bird, today was the first day of significant Golden Eagle movement with a season high count of 156 birds, 34 of which moved between 1100 and 1200. The 7 Bald Eagles were also a seasonal daily high, and single Osprey and Broad-winged Hawk (a juvenile light morph) increased the record seasonal counts for the species. Three of the 11 Red-tailed Hawks were “Harlan’s”, one of which was a juvenile intermediate morph. Because of the wind passerine movement was generally sporadic and muted, but included 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers which were the first recorded for four days, and the 80 Pine Siskins brought the September count up to 2063 birds. At 1750 4 Sandhill Cranes flew very high to the east across the Livingstone Range furnishing the second fall and third overall record for the site, and at 1819 the third Winter Wren ever recorded at the site flew and perched about 0.5 m away from me much to my surprise. Just after noon a group of visitors was very excited by the sighting of a Black Bear below the ridge to the west, but the excitement somewhat abated when someone noticed that it had an ear tag and udders! It was a splendid day that gave much pleasure to many people. 12.25 hours (365.92) OSPR 1 (23), BAEA 7 (33), NOHA 2 (34), SSHA 23 (751), COHA 5 (169), NOGO 3 (67), UA 1 (36), BWHA 1 (19), RTHA 11 (129), GOEA 156 (428), PRFA 1 (8) TOTAL 211 (1769)