Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 7 51 Bald Eagle 0 3 49 Northern Harrier 0 1 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 17 54 Cooper's Hawk 0 23 73 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5 Broad-winged Hawk 0 23 9825 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 28 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 2 4 American Kestrel 0 7 24 Merlin 0 1 9 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 21 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 6 Total: 3 99 10157 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Weather: Clear all day. Light winds that were from the W and WNW. Raptor Observations: Only 3 raptors. There were 2 Osprey and a Golden Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Predictions: This was the last scheduled day for the count this year. ======================================================================== 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 ===========================================================