Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 30, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 1 1 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6 6 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 0 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 0 9 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 5.75 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Visitors: none Weather: Sunny, hot, wind out of south and southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Brutal high blue sky. Raptor Observations: No raptors Non-raptor Observations: 7 ravens frolicking up and down the ridge Predictions: Cannot be worse than today. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx) =========================================================== Mailing List For Buchanan County Bird Club website: www.bcbirdclub.org Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/bcbirdclub =========================================================== Administrative contact: donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================