November 14 [Day 79] It was a cool day on the ridge with the temperature climbing to -4C from a low of -8C, although with NW to W winds below 30 km/h, only 10-20% cirrostratus cloud cover and plenty of sunshine before noon it was quite pleasant. In the afternoon, however, the wind gradually increased reaching 80 km/h after 1600, the cloud thickened to mainly altostratus reaching 90% after 1500 and the 1 to 2 cm of fresh snow that fell yesterday was liberally blown around making for somewhat less pleasant observation conditions. Raptor movement did not get underway until 1018 when the first Bald Eagle went south and the next birds weren’t seen until 1112, but movement was then fairly steady peaking at 25 migrants between 1200 and 1300 (18 Bald Eagles and 7 Golden Eagles), with 8 the following hour but only a single Northern Goshawk after 1400 when the wind speed increased. The 23 Bald Eagles is the highest count since November 3 and is the 3rd highest for the season. Non-raptors included 25 Canada Geese flying west at 1115, 1 Northern Pygmy-Owl, 28 Mountain Chickadees, 10 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 112 Bohemian Waxwings, 43 Pine Grosbeaks, 55 White-winged Crossbills and 37 Common Redpolls. The fresh snow provided excellent tracking conditions and, amongst the 10 mammal species identified were a Bobcat and 2 Long-tailed Weasels. 10.33 hours (890.97) BAEA 23 (372), NOGO 2 (238), RLHA 1 (89), GOEA 16 (5046) TOTAL 42 (7949)