Hi Birders and Hawk Watchers. Hawks continue to come by the Mendota Tower on Clinch Mountain in good numbers. Ron Harrington, Ed Caudill and Roger Mayhorn manned the post on 9/24, and Larry McDaniel and Bob Riggs provided the coverage on 9/24. Four Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen on 9/24, the first for the season. A Golden Eagle was reported by some observers down at the tower road, but not yet confirmed. 9/24 9/25 Year-To-Date BWH 663 452 3219 SSH 2 6 23 OS 2 - 8 ABE 1 - 5 RSH - - 1 CO - - 6 AK 2 1 14 NH - - 4 Merlin - - 2 PF 1 1 3 RHW 4 4 ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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-****