Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 3 27 27 Bald Eagle 5 30 31 Northern Harrier 0 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 7 7 Cooper's Hawk 5 9 11 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 478 1332 1345 Red-tailed Hawk 0 8 8 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 1 3 3 Merlin 0 3 4 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 4 4 4 Total: 498 1427 1444 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 18:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Visitors: A nice crowd today. I am listing observers and visitors together. Rob Biller, Dakota Davis and friend, George Larkin, John Whinery, Jennifer Meade, Susan Greer, David Raines, Lynn, Kathy, Loren & Kaitlyn Musick, Lindsey Golden and several others that were passing through. Weather: Cool and windy early. Clear skies until afternoon then mostly cloudy. Raptor Observations: After 5 pm the thermals stopped and so did the hawks. A last group of 25 plus dropped into the trees before they made it to the fire tower. Non-raptor Observations: No Monarchs and no Red-headed Woodpeckers. ======================================================================== 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-****