Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 3 6 6 Bald Eagle 2 13 13 Northern Harrier 0 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 5 5 Cooper's Hawk 1 3 3 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 183 3173 3173 Red-tailed Hawk 0 8 8 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 7 7 Merlin 1 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 1 2 2 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 191 3220 3220 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 15:00:00 Total observation time: 7 hours Official Counter: Mike Sanders, Ron Harrington Observers: Clancey Deel, Ed Talbott, Mike Sanders, Ron Pendleton Weather: The weather was relatively nice. Early on we had clear skies with some haze, but overall good visibility. As the day progressed, some clouds moved in providing a good backdrop. The number of Broad-winged hawks dropped off for the afternoon. Raptor Observations: Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== Report submitted by John D Whinery (Fall.Branch.Tn.Bird@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-****