Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 30 31 Bald Eagle 4 37 39 Northern Harrier 0 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 39 39 Cooper's Hawk 2 35 37 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 8 8 Broad-winged Hawk 319 7712 7719 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 16 16 Merlin 0 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 329 7910 7922 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Visitors: Brent Harris, Eugene Harris. Weather: Good cloud cover, Wind from the W from 5 to 10 mph Raptor Observations: 2 Bald Eagles spotted by Eugene Harris. They were both immatures. 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 ===========================================================