Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 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 18 18 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 18 18 Cooper's Hawk 1 9 9 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 1 4084 4084 Red-tailed Hawk 0 5 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 7 7 Merlin 0 2 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Total: 4 4185 4185 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:45:00 Observation end time: 13:30:00 Total observation time: 3.75 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Weather: Fog early then a thick haze the rest of the day. Raptor Observations: All 4 raptors seen were in the air at the same time. No hawks including locals seen at any other time. 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 ===========================================================