Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 40 40 Bald Eagle 1 44 45 Northern Harrier 0 6 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 35 35 Cooper's Hawk 8 43 45 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4 Broad-winged Hawk 440 9757 9770 Red-tailed Hawk 0 23 23 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 5 14 14 Merlin 1 6 7 Peregrine Falcon 3 13 13 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 1 5 5 Total: 467 9992 10009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: John Hay, John Whinery, Mike Sanders Weather: West wind was the dominant weather feature. The hawks appeared to be pushed across Mendota Valley and out of our vision. Some rain and fog early but clearing during the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Distant raptors. Most were to the SOuth and East and very hard to see. Trifecta on falcons with 3 Peregrines, 1 Merlin and 4 Kestrels. 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 ===========================================================