Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 26 26 Bald Eagle 0 16 16 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 15 15 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 22 3924 3924 Red-tailed Hawk 1 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 7 7 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Total: 24 4014 4014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:15:00 Observation end time: 17:45:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: David Raines Weather: Fog covered the tower until 12 pm. Winds were steady at 3 to 5 mph from the NE. Good background for seeing raptors. The winds aloft were from the NE. Raptor Observations: These were good flying conditions for the hawks except there were few hawks. The first hawk of any kind including the locals did not arrive until 3:30. Non-raptor Observations: Not much in the way of migrants. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx) ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST MENDOTA HAWK MIGRATION DAILY AND SEASON TOTALS CAN BE FOLLOWED DAILY ON THE HAWK MIGRATION ASSOC. SITE http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=706&PHPSESSID=b2eb5deb1ae5a23e55dcf30171c5ba85 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****