September 29 [Day 10] (Joel Duncan, assisted by Andrew Hart) The temperature was 3C at 0900, rose to a high of 18C at 1300 and was 14C at 1900. Ground winds were SW all day, generally 10-15 km/h with a maximum gust of 22 km/h at 1300, and ridges winds were assessed as moderate W-SW. An initial cloud cover of 80% altocumulus diminished to 30% between 1100 and 1500 after which 80% altostratus, cirrus and altocumulus developed which gradually diminished to 40% at the end of the day. Good observing conditions and 54 visitors to the site proved useful as birds moved very high from Mount Lorette to the Fisher Range in a steady stream between 1200 and 1851. Only one bird, a juvenile Golden Eagle soaring over Olympic Summit at 1617, was seen on the western route all day. The flight of 36 birds comprised 2 adult Bald Eagles, 1 unaged Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 undifferentiated small Accipiter, 3 adult light morph calurus Red-tailed Hawks, 28 Golden Eagles (17a,1sa,3j,7u) and 1 undifferentiated eagle species. Non-raptor species were relatively scarce and included a juvenile gull (probably a California) flying high to the south, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 8 White-winged Crossbills, and the day ended with an American Dipper singing on the river.

10 hours (111.33) BAEA 2 (12), SSHA 1 (15), UA 1 (2), RTHA 3 (10), GOEA 28 (174), UE 1 (1) TOTAL 36 (225)

Piitaistakis-South Livingstone (Raymond Toal, Denise Cocciolone-Amatto) Observations were made from the Frank Slide site between 1400 and 1800 during which time 28 raptors were seen in excellent light moving along the Livingstone ridge. The count was 1 adult Bald Eagle, 1 unaged Northern Harrier, 2 unaged Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 unaged Cooper's Hawk, 1 unaged Northern Goshawk, 22 Golden Eagles (11a,1sa,10j) and 1 undifferentiated eagle species. At one time a group of 1 subadult and 4 juvenile Golden Eagles moved through together, shortly after a single juvenile was seen that had several damaged primary feathers.