[Bristol-Birds] 9/21/08 Mendota Hawk Watch

  • From: "Robert Biller" <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:13:00 -0400

Hello everybody -

Another good day was had by all at Mendota Hawk tower on the border of
Washington County and Russell County, VA.  We were 12 shy of 1000 Broad-wing
Hawks today and had 9 other birds of prey.  A lot of other good birds seen as
well.  Complete list after the people who helped today.

21 people were present at different times of the day, this list was:

Ken Turner - Bluff City, TN
Tom Hunter - Lebanon, VA
Larry McDaniel - Johnson City, TN
Kevin and Gracie (his daughter) Pierce - Kingsport, TN
Ed Morgan - Abingdon, VA
Gabrielle Zeiger - Kingsport, TN
George Larkin - Church Hill, TN
Don and Kathy Starrette - Kingsport, TN
Kirk Balcome - Abingdon, VA
Tom and Kathyrn Kerns - Kingsport, TN
Kenneth and Lori Hopkins - Bristol, VA
Mitchell and Brandon Hopkins - Bristol, VA
Greg Runyan - Walnut Grove, VA
Sally Fowler - Walnut Grove, VA
Don Hombrock - Atlanta, GA
Rob Biller - Elizabethton, TN

9/21/08 Mendota Hawk Watch

Broad-winged Hawks - 988
Cedar Waxwings - small group flyby
unknown EMPID
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Osprey 2
Cooper's Hawk 3
Barred Owl (4:37pm)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

Hour by Hour breakdown:

8-9

Yellow-rumped Warbler

9-10

Broad-winged Hawks 10
Cedar Waxwings

10-11

Broad-winged Hawks 99
Unknown EMPID
Tennessee Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler

11-12

Broad-winged Hawks 598
Red-shouldered Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk

12-1

Broad-winged Hawks 166
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk

1-2

Broad-winged Hawks 100
Bald Eagle (full adult)
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Osprey

2-3

Broad-winged Hawks 9
Northern Harrier
Osprey

3-4

Broad-winged Hawks 3
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk

4-5

Broad-winged Hawk 1
Barred Owl (calling from Russell County at 4:37)

5-6

Broad-winged Hawks 2
Cooper's Hawk 2

6-6:30

Broad-winged Hawks 0
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Warbler

-- 
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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