Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 04, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 1 1 Bald Eagle 0 0 0 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 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 0 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: 0 2 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:45:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Weather: Overcast except for a brief period of sunshine around 11 am. Clouds and rain moved in after 12. Raptor Observations: No raptors. Non-raptor Observations: Thermals appeared only briefly. The local vultures began flying around 11:30 am but were gone again by 12:30. ======================================================================== 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 ===========================================================