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[Bristol-Birds] Mendota Hawk Watch Update

From: RonEHarrin@xxxxxxx
To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, drcumbow@xxxxxxxxx, Marion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, shopp@xxxxxxx, andrew101055@xxxxxxxxx, Mlhagy322morning@xxxxxx, wesp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, dioptase@xxxxxxxxx, rwsandmss@xxxxxxxxxxx, TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:25:56 EDT

Hi Folks:

Here is the Mendota Fire Tower Hawk Watch report for 9-15-05. The tower is 
located on the Russell-Washington Counties border atop Clinch Mountain, about 3 
miles from Mendota, VA. 

It was another very warm and sunny day, but there were some scattered clouds 
arriving in the afternoon. Temperatures ranged from 64 to 80 degrees. Winds 
were light and variable, changing to the northwest in the afternoon. Ron 
Pendleton, Bob Quillen, Gene Leonard, and Margie Leonard were there to help out 
for 
part of the day. The first Broad-winged hawks showed up around 10:30. However, 
they quickly rose up on the good thermals and by 12:00, were very hard to 
find, despite the scattered clouds. 

Species                         9-15-05                Year-To-Date


Northern Harrier                -                             1
Broad-winged Hawk:       173                        1050
Coopers Hawk:                 1                            5
Am. Bald Eagle:               1                            3
Osprey:                           -                             3
Am. Kestrel:                    -                             1

Other: Red-headed WP    -                             2

Manhours:                     20

There should be great conditions for hawking watching this weekend. 

Ron Harrington
Bristol, VA