Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 15, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 17 17 Bald Eagle 1 9 9 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 183 590 590 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 6 6 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 1 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 3 3 Total: 188 633 633 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:45:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 7.25 hours Official Counter: Jennifer Meade Observers: John Whinery, Susan Greear Visitors: Susan Greear, Joseph Dishman and Vickie Booker. Weather: Light to moderate cloud covering and some haze both early and late Raptor Observations: No discernible pattern to the Broad wing flight. Some over Moccasin Valley, over Mendota Valley, overhead at Tower; close to Clinch Mountain, and far out over both valleys. Some low and some high. Non-raptor Observations: A few Monarch Butterflies fluttered past today. Very little songbird activity. ======================================================================== 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 ===========================================================