Mendota Hawk Watch Report for Thursday, September 20, 2007 The action at the tower was relatively slow today compared to the last three days. And the weather was almost a repeat of yesterday, except the cool, morning wind out of the Southeast was blowing harder at times, with gusts over 20 mph. Hats and chairs were blowing around, and a light jacket felt good for a while. The afternoon was warm and the sky was clear, making hawks very hard to see. Visibility was 30+ miles. Allen Gill and I arrived at 9:00 a.m., followed by Ron Pendleton, and Betsy and Vick Briscoe. Wilma Boyd and Lois Cox, Bluff City, TN, came by for a couple of hours. Later in the afternoon Terry Ponder and Taris Whitson, Johnson City, TN, came by for a visit. We left at 6:30 p.m. Of the 270 Broad-wings counted, 146 were by the tower by noon. The immature Bald Eagle came by very high around noon. We counted 8 Monarchs as time permitted. Totals and Year-To-Date (YTD) Broad-winged hawk: 270 YTD: 5135 Osprey: 0 YTD: 13 Am. Kestrel: 0 YTD: 5 Cooper's hawk: 0 YTD: 11 Sharp-shinned hawk: 0 YTD: 3 Am. Bald Eagle: 1 YTD: 11 Peregrine falcon: 0 YTD: 3 Northern Harrier: 0 YTD: 1 Red-shouldered hawk: 0 YTD: 1 The Mendota Hawk Watch is held at the Mendota Fire Tower (Elevation 3020) on Clinch Mountain, which sits on the Washington/Russell Counties line, three miles north of Mendota, VA. Come join the fun. No experience is necessary. OJT is provided. Plan now to attend the Mendota Hawk Festival, Saturday, September 22, 2007. The festival is held at the Mendota Community Center, Mendota, VA. Ron Harrington Bristol, VA ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________