Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 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 20 20 Cooper's Hawk 0 25 25 Northern Goshawk 0 2 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3 Broad-winged Hawk 0 6377 6377 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 1 1 American Kestrel 0 10 10 Merlin 0 16 16 Peregrine Falcon 0 15 15 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: 0 6528 6528 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 10:15:00 Total observation time: 1.25 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Weather: Rain. I arrived at 9am. Sprinkles arrived at 9:30, Fog at 9:45, heavier rain at 10:10 and thunderstorm shortly thereafter. 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 ===========================================================