Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 11 11 Bald Eagle 0 4 4 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 44 151 151 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 1 1 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 1 1 Total: 45 171 171 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Mike Sanders Visitors: None Weather: Very, very warm. Lots of haze and very few clouds for background. Raptor Observations: We are still only getting singles or small groups coming through. The pace should pick up in a couple of days. Non-raptor Observations: A couple of small feeder flocks with warblers, tanagers and grosbeak. ======================================================================== 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 ===========================================================