Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 7 7 Bald Eagle 3 7 8 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 4 6 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 75 142 155 Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 2 2 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: 81 169 186 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Gary Cooper, George Larkin, Jennifer Meade Weather: Clear skies early then partly cloudy for most of afternoon. Raptor Observations: 3 Bald Eagles between 1 and 2 pm. Thermals died during the afternoon and so did the hawk flight. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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 ===========================================================