Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 3 30 30 Bald Eagle 0 30 31 Northern Harrier 1 3 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 8 8 Cooper's Hawk 0 9 11 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 819 2151 2164 Red-tailed Hawk 1 9 9 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 4 4 Merlin 0 3 4 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 4 4 Total: 827 2254 2271 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 17:30:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: John Whinery, Mike Sanders, Shane Williams Visitors: Dr. Malcolm Jones, Ray Garrison, Jerry Cunningham, Jim Fink and Debbie Fink. Weather: Windy early with SE to SSE winds at 12 to 15. Overcast then gradually becoming partly cloudy. Sunshine during midday then cloudy again during late afternoon. Raptor Observations: Broadwings pushing through early with 705 before 11 AM then only 119 the rest of the day. 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 ===========================================================