[bcbirdclub] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (02 Sep 2011) 2 Raptors
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- Date: 02 Sep 2011 19:09:46 -0400
Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 3 3
Bald Eagle 0 0 1
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 1 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 2 6 19
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 2 10 27
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 2.5 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers:
Visitors:
None
Weather:
Very hot and humid, no breeze.
Raptor Observations:
2 Broad-winged Hawks on the hike up to the tower. Nothing after that.
Non-raptor Observations:
3 mixed feeder flocks moved through early. Included were 5 Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks, 2 Scarlet Tanagers, 2 Baltimore Orioles, Blackburnian Warblers,
Black-throated Green, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue and Black & WHite
Warbler. I also had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo that stayed for several minutes.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
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