September 22 [Day 3] (Terry Waters, assisted by Rod Smith) It was another warm day with an initial temperature (0830) of 3C that rose to a high of 24C at 1500 and remained at 22C at 0630. Ground winds were calm to light SW to 1400, after which they switched to NE light occasionally gusting to 12 km/h. Cloud cover was initially 5% cirrus that increased to 15% at 1500 and 30% at the end of the day, with minor scattered cumulus clouds developing after 1600. A light smoke haze persisted all day. Most of the raptor movement was from Mount Lorette to the Fisher Range, but lift conditions appeared to be poor and most birds were relatively low. The day's first bird was an adult male columbarius Merlin that flew low to the south above the valley, and the last was an adult Golden Eagle at 1730. The flight of 13 birds comprised 2 adult Bald Eagles, 1 small Accipiter, 4 adult calurus Red-tailed Hawks (1 rufous and 3 light morphs), 5 Golden Eagles (4a,1u) and the Merlin. Seven of the birds (2 Bald Eagles, 3 Red-tailed Hawks and 2 Golden Eagles) moved between 1700 and 1730. Other birds seen included 2 Boreal Chickadees, 67 American Robins, 1 Dark-eyed Junco and 39 Pine Siskins.

10 hours (34.08) BAEA 2 (3), UA 1 (1), RTHA 4 (5), GOEA 5 (17), MERL 1 (1) TOTAL 13 (28)