Blustery day on Tussey Mountain with only a few migrants passing through.
Official Counter
Adam Bradley
Total observation time
8 (83.47)
Observers
Nick Bolgiano
Bob McLaughlin
Weather
Blustery day at Tussey Mountain with WNW winds gusting to 38kph for most of
the morning. By 14:00 they had set down a little to 19kph. Visibility was
limited to 6km to start the count as light snow formed over the Stone
Valley. By 10:00 it began to clear and visibility improved to 12km. Mostly
cloudy skies until 13:00. Low temperature of -9C at 09:00 and a high of 2C
by 15:00.
Raptor Notes
GE A 11:08, U 14:07
Not much moving today with only a few GE’s and a few BE’s. All eagles were
spotted on the W side of the ridge.
We are starting to note resident TUVU in the area more frequently. The
resident adult RTHA was seen moving S along the ridge several times. A
little after 14:00 we spotted two BAEA’s, one giving chase. A third was
spotted and this third eventually took a swipe at the one being chased.
Non-raptor Notes
Canada Goose 180
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Visitors
Bob McLaughlin
6 hikers.
Next Day Forecast
Sunny, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
For our local all-star spotters, keep an on eye on Tuesday’s possible S
winds in the afternoon.
The trail is still quite icy up from the parking lot to the single track.
Even on the single track I almost went down several times.
