September 28 [Day 9] (Terry Waters) The temperature reached a high of 23C at 1700 from a low of 0C at 0815 and was still 20C at 1845. It was calm to 1100 then SW for the rest of the day, 10-15 km/h gusting briefly to 30 km/h around 1500. It was cloudless to 1200 after which 20% cirrus developed that dwindled after 1300 and it was again cloudless by the end of the day. A grass/shrub fire burned at the base of Olympic Summit to the west of the site between 1200 and 1800, that was water-bombed by two helicopters, attacked by a ground crew, and two fixed-wing aircraft dropped fire retardants in the area. Smoke did not drift across the valley, however, suggesting that the ridge winds may have been from the E, and this is also suggested by the fact that all the 18 birds counted appeared from the east at the northern end of the Fisher Range and several of them disappeared to the east of the ridge as they moved to the SE. The raptors were recorded between 1115 and 1751 and the flight comprised 3 adult Bald Eagles, 1 unaged Sharp-shinned Hawk and 14 Golden Eagles (12a,1sa,1j), with 6 birds seen during each of the hourly periods 1100-1200 and 1300-1400. Songbirds seen included 12 American Robins, 1 Song Sparrow, 4 Red Crossbills, 22 White-winged Crossbills and 21 Pine Siskins.

10.5 hours (101.33) BAEA 3 (10), SSHA 1 (14), GOEA 14 (146) TOTAL 18 (189)

Piitaistakis-South Livingstone (Raymond Toal, Denise Cocciolone-Amatto and Merilyn Liddle) Observers watched from the Frank Slide site between 0945 and 1545 (6 hours) and recorded 18 migrant raptors: 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 15 Golden Eagles (6a,2sa,7j) and 1 unidentified eagle. Many of the birds were moving high above the Livingstone Ridge and it is probably that many small accipiters went unrecorded.

A note from Beaver Mines. There was no sign of the male Broad-billed Hummingbird today. The appearance of a large green hummingbird at a feeder at 1550, however, briefly quickened the pulse, but it proved to be an adult female Anna's Hummingbird. (Not a bad second prize, actually!)