November 5 [Day 70] (Vance Mattson) It was a cool day with the temperature not rising above -3C from a low of -5C at 0700, and fell back to -5C at 1700. The wind was W all day initially 25-30 gusting 35 km/h, increasing to 40-45 gusting 50 km/h in the late morning and gusting 50-55 km/h after 1300. Low stratus cloud obscured the Livingstone Range to the north all day, but at 1430 the cloud partially cleared revealing the ridges to the S, W and E and cover was down to 50% at the end of the day. As might be imagined movement was slow with the first Golden Eagle moving at 0916, the second at 1130 and the third at 1356, but with partial clearing movement increased after 1430 with 8 more Golden Eagles seen before the end of the day. Vance’s persistence under challenging conditions was also rewarded by the 3rd Gyrfalcon of the season that flew directly overhead against a recently cleared patch of blue sky at 1501. It was an adult white morph bird! There was also some songbird movement including 35 Bohemian Waxwings, 9 Pine Grosbeaks, 14 Red Crossbills, 6 White-winged Crossbills, and 3 Common Redpolls. 10.75 hours (799.06) GOEA 11 (4897), GYRF 1 (3) TOTAL 12 (7674)