November 26 [Day 91] (Vance Mattson) About 10 cm of heavy snow fell before 1000 after which the ridges slowly began to clear, with the Livingstone Range to the north not fully visible until 1330. Because of the snow Vance decided to view from the Valley View site where the temperature ranged from -2C to 2C, the westerly winds were mainly light (occasionally moderate at ridge level), and the 100% low stratus cloud of the morning quickly cleared to 0% after 1400. The day’s only raptor migrants were an adult Bald Eagle at 1402 and an adult Golden Eagle at 1438. The highlight of the day however was a single Mourning Cloak seen in the afternoon, which was the first butterfly ever recorded during a count in November, made even more remarkable by its being seen flying over snow covered ground with an air temperature of 2C! Probably the intense sunshine that followed the rapid clearing of the cloud cover after 1400 produced enough local warming to put it on the wing. A flock of 5 Wild Turkeys seen on the western flank of the Livingstone Ridge was also a first November record for the species. 9.5 hours (1003.5) BAEA 1 (435), GOEA 1 (5198) TOTAL 2 (8190)