Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 26 Bald Eagle 0 0 18 Northern Harrier 0 0 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 10 28 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 9 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 2 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 4085 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 0 7 Merlin 0 0 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 5 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 4 Total: 12 12 4197 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:45:00 Total observation time: 4.75 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Ken Turner, Larry McDaniel Weather: Warm with haze in the valleys. Very little wind. Raptor Observations: No raptors after 1:15 Non-raptor Observations: Swainson's Thrush, Black Throated Green Warbler and a Great Blue Heron flying very high over the tower from North to South. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx) =========================================================== Mailing List For Buchanan County Bird Club website: www.bcbirdclub.org Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/bcbirdclub =========================================================== Administrative contact: donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================