Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 27 27 Bald Eagle 0 19 19 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 19 19 Cooper's Hawk 0 8 8 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 113 6071 6071 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 10 10 Merlin 0 13 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 11 11 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 6 6 Total: 113 6196 6196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Ron Harrington Observers: Visitors: Wes Hitchcock, John Ellis, Sara Sproles Weather: Clouds thickened in the afternoon. Temperatures from mid 50 to mid 60. Rain moved in late in the afternoon. 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 ===========================================================