[bcbirdclub] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (13 Sep 2012) 1523 Raptors
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- Date: 13 Sep 2012 20:09:59 -0400
Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2012
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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 12 12
Bald Eagle 0 10 10
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1522 2190 2190
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 1
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 4 4
Merlin 0 3 3
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 1 4 4
Total: 1523 2227 2227
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:45:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: Mike Sanders, Ron Harrington
Visitors:
Dr. David Moulton and Linda Moulton.
Molly Kiser, Sarah Kiser and Sam Kiser.
Weather:
High clouds provided good background for locating raptors all day. Winds
were light and from the South, Southeast. Temperatures were high 70s.
Raptor Observations:
A very good day for this early in the season. Our visitors today were
treated to several kettles with lots of Broad-wings. Our visitors were
extremely helpful in spotting raptors.
Non-raptor Observations:
8 Monarchs. We were too busy to look for much of anything except for the
high flying raptors.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
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