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[RonEHarrin@xxxxxxx]

Hi Hawk Fans:
In deference to the oncoming Ivan, I didn't go up to the Mendota Fire Tower 
yesterday. We might have flying conditions again as early as Sunday afternoon, 
but the predictions are "up in the air" as we speak. The hawks have the urge 
and will move as soon as there are thermals and/or a favorable wind (best out 
of the Northwest). Check the weather before coming up. 

I do have some additional figures previously unreported. Harold and Violet 
Larkin were at the site on Saturday, September 11, 2004. The saw 19 
Broad-winged 
Hawks, two Osprey, one Cooper's Hawk, one Sharp-shinned Hawk, and two 
immature American Bald Eagles. The year-to-date figures have been amended as 
follows:

Broad-winged Hawk:     646
Sharp-shinned Hawk:     5
Cooper's Hawk:             4
Osprey:                        13
Bald Eagle:                   5
Goshawk:                     1

Red-headed WP:          8

Ron Harrington
Bristol VA


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