Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 03, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 5 49 Bald Eagle 0 3 49 Northern Harrier 0 1 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 16 53 Cooper's Hawk 6 23 73 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5 Broad-winged Hawk 0 21 9823 Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 28 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 1 1 3 American Kestrel 0 7 24 Merlin 0 1 9 Peregrine Falcon 0 8 21 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 6 Total: 14 93 10151 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 6.75 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Visitors: Interesting day. Two gentleman on horseback stopped and talked with me for an hour and a half about hawks and hanggliders and life in general. They offered to share their spam sandwich and pork and bean lunch with me. A young man hiked up to the tower with his guitar. He asked if I would take his picture while he sat at the edge of the cliff strumming his guitar. Weather: Light winds today from N and NW. Overcast off and on all day. Raptor Observations: 1 Golden Eagle and 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk in the last 2 plus hours. Non-raptor Observations: 12 Monarchs and 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and nothing else. Predictions: It looks as if Broadwing migration might be ending for this year. ======================================================================== 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-****