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Migration Update Thoolakharka (Nepal)- 29 Nov, 2013

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Peregrine Falcon (Spp. peregrinator) In Nepal 20 and 21 Nov were two big days for Steppe Eagle migration and approximately 2150 eagles were passed on those two days. The weather is back to normal like last year i.e.   sunny in the morning and more cloudy in the afternoon. Previous observation says that if it is cloudy over the Himalayas the eagles pass more south however we didn’t find so because lot of eagles were passing inside the clouds during the peak days. We found little change in wind direction (let’s say by 10 0 ) could enough to shift the migration train i.e. if the wind is more north east the migration of eagles can observe overhead in Thoolakharka and little bit southeast wind can push the birds close to Himalayas. Now I am also observing less and less eagles near to the Himalayas this might be due to more saturated air close to the Himalayas by this time or might be any other weather cause like enough cold. Therefore most of the eagles come overhead to the watc