Mendota Hawk Report for Saturday, September 22, 2007 Larry McDaniel, Johnson City, TN, served as compiler today while some of us participated in the Mendota Hawk Festival, held at the Mendota Community Center. We had a great turnout at the festival, but the number of hawks continued to dwindle and it was very slow day on the mountain. It was another relatively warm day with scattered cloud cover, ranging from 10-50%. Temperatures ranged from 70F-85F. The wind was out of the East-Southeast-South and variable. Observers were on site from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00. Helping Larry were Dallas Shoun, Kingsport, TN, Caldwell Brickey, Gate City, VA, Wayne Brickey, Kingsport, TN, Bob Lott, Kingsport, Nora Schuber, Johnson City, TN, Bob Biller, Johnson City, Allan Trentley, Norris, TN, Tom Hunter, Lebanon, VA, Cliff Stanley, Glade Spring, VA, Michelle Sparks, Bristol, TN, Ken Turner, Piney Flats, TN, Jerry and Jane Thornhill, Lebanon, VA, David, Laurel, Keaton and Clarkson Payne, Indian Springs, TN, and T.Z. Ripley, Indian Springs. Today's Totals and Year-To-Date (YTD) Broad-winged hawk: 36 YTD: 5216 Osprey: 1 YTD: 14 Am. Kestrel: 1 YTD: 6 Cooper's hawk: 0 YTD: 11 Sharp-shinned hawk: 1 YTD: 4 Am. Bald Eagle: 1 YTD: 12 Peregrine falcon: 0 YTD: 3 Northern Harrier: 0 YTD: 1 Red-shouldered hawk: 0 YTD: 1 Other birds seen or heard: Turkey & Black vultures, Red-tailed hawks, Blue-headed Vireo, Common Ravens, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Tennessee Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warblers, and American Redstart. 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. Note: I will not be at the tower on Sunday, September 23, 2007. If you go up and no one is keeping the count, please do so and send to me. Thanks. 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 _____________________________________________________________