Hi Hawk Watching Fans: Thanks to Larry McDaniel, here is the Mendota Hawk Report as of Saturday, September 24, 2004, with year-to-date totals in parentheses: Broad-winged Hawk: 65 (4429) Sharp-shinned Hawk: 3 (16) Coopers Hawk: 3 (12) Am Bald Eagle: - (5) Goshawk: - (1) Am Kestrel: 1 (7) Red-shouldered Hawk: 2 (4) Osprey: - (23) I do not have a report for Sunday, September 26. If you were at the site on this date and have a count, please let me know. Thanks. I plan to be on site again after this current tropical system, Jeanne, moves out. Looks there may be a window of opportunity for watching on Wednesday. And don't forget the Mendota Hawk Festival, set for Saturday, October 2, 2004, Mendota, VA, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Mendota Community Center. Come enjoy! Ron Harrington Bristol, VA =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================