[bcbirdclub] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (15 Sep 2010) 241 Raptors
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- Date: 15 Sep 2010 19:09:35 -0400
Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2010
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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 1 10 11
Bald Eagle 5 16 18
Northern Harrier 0 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 4 4
Cooper's Hawk 1 5 7
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 230 741 748
Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 5
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 2 2
American Kestrel 1 6 6
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
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 241 792 804
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: Allen Gill, Larry McDaniel, Ron Harrington
Weather:
Sunny and warm. Very little backdrop for the high flying hawks.
Raptor Observations:
Hawks were still all over the place. No consistent flight pattern.
We had 5 Bald Eagles and our second Golden Eagle for this year.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
The hawks are coming. We may miss them but they are in the stream.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
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