Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 23 23 Bald Eagle 0 9 9 Northern Harrier 1 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2 Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 31 710 710 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 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 4 4 Total: 33 761 761 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 5 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: John Whinery Visitors: April Addington brought her environmental class from Twin Springs High School to the hawk count today. There were 18 students. I got the names of the chaperones but have lost the sheet. I will amend this commentary when I find the names. Weather: Cool temperatures and wind from the S and SE made slow going. Rains came at 1:30 and the count was stopped at 2 pm. Raptor Observations: 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 ===========================================================