October 14 [Day 49] Although the mountains to the north were obscured in cloud at 0800, the general stratocumulus cover was fairly high and W winds to 20 km/h gave the prospect of early clearing. Just before 1000 the mountains cleared, but only for 10 minutes (allowing the passage of one Golden Eagle) before the wind shifted to E and the ridge was enveloped in thick cloud. At 1410 the wind shifted to WSW-W and the cloud quickly cleared to 50-20% cumulus for the rest of the day. The temperature ranged from -2C to 2C and much of the afternoon was sunny. As soon as the cloud began to break after 1410 raptors began to move and 51 were counted by 1500 and they peaked during the next hour when 101 went south of which 83 were Golden Eagles. Movement continued steadily until the last 3 Golden Eagles were seen at 1837. The Golden Eagle recorded at 1629 was the 5000th migrant raptor of the season, and unlike yesterday there was also a fair sprinkling of non Golden Eagle raptors. Passerine movement was slow in the morning but included our second ever Harris’ Sparrow (species # 94, and the first for October) in a flock of 6 Dark-eyed Juncos. Once the low cloud lifted, however, there was a significant movement of finches including 886 Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches, 23 Pine Grosbeaks and 193 White-winged Crossbills. 11.5 hours (563.83) BAEA 2 (76), SSHA 20 (1308), COHA 2 (225), NOGO 1 (111), RLHA 4 (21), GOEA 215 (2886) TOTAL 244 (5058)