Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 26 26 Bald Eagle 0 16 16 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 14 14 Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 1 3902 3902 Red-tailed Hawk 0 3 3 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 7 7 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Total: 2 3990 3990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 11:00:00 Total observation time: 1.75 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Weather: Rain almost all day at the tower. Abandoned tower at 11am. 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 ===========================================================