Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 2 2 29 Bald Eagle 2 2 24 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 4 32 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 37 Northern Goshawk 0 0 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 3 Broad-winged Hawk 2 2 6751 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 1 1 15 Merlin 1 1 20 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 19 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 6 Total: 14 14 6952 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 14:00:00 Observation end time: 17:30:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Weather: Rain until 2 PM then clearing skies. Winds were from the South/Southwest at 8 to 15 MPH. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx) ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST MENDOTA HAWK MIGRATION DAILY AND SEASON TOTALS CAN BE FOLLOWED DAILY ON THE HAWK MIGRATION ASSOC. SITE http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=706&PHPSESSID=b2eb5deb1ae5a23e55dcf30171c5ba85 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****