Hi Birders: Hawks continue to move by the Mendota Tower on Clinch Mountain (Northwest corner of Washington County, VA) in relative good numbers. Bob Quillen and Bob Riggs manned the post on 9/26. Bob Riggs, Ron Harrington and Doris Burnette of Manhattan, KS, braved driving rain, hail, and dangerous lightening to get in a couple hours of observation on Saturday, 9/27. Here are the totals as of 9/27/03: 9/26 9/27 Year-To-Date BWH 360 12 3591 SSH 2 1 26 OS 2 2 12 ABE - - 5 RSH 1 - 2 CO 1 1 8 AK 1 - 15 NH - - 4 Merlin - - 2 PF 1 1 4 RHW - 2 6 (Red-headed Woodpecker) Hawk Watching: Catch the Fever Ron Harrington Bristol, VA ************************************************* 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-****