[bcbirdclub] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (23 Sep 2011) 175 Raptors
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- Date: 23 Sep 2011 19:09:26 -0400
Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2011
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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 33 33
Bald Eagle 0 36 37
Northern Harrier 0 4 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 12 12
Cooper's Hawk 2 17 19
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 171 2834 2847
Red-tailed Hawk 1 12 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 7 7
Merlin 0 4 5
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: 175 2967 2984
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Mike Sanders, Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: David Raines, Joel Keebler, Thomas O. Hunter
Visitors:
Stacy, she told me her last name and even spelled it for me but I forgot
it. I apologize.
Weather:
A little of everything that makes hawkwatching difficult, fog, rain,
drizzle, low clouds, bright blue sky, wind from the SE.
The fog did not clear until after 12:15. 2 rain showers moved through plus
2 over the valleys that missed us.
Raptor Observations:
Some flights during the 2.5 hours from 12 to 3 that were viable for hawk
flights. There were 2 interesting occurences. As I was watching a rain
shower barreling towards the tower from Moccasin a Broadwing appeared to
rise off the valley floor just in front of the rain. During the middle of
the rain David Raines spotted 2 Broadwings that were extremely high over
the tower. It was amazing that they were flying and he spotted them
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
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