[Bristol-Birds] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (20 Sep 2011) 287 Raptors

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  • Date: 20 Sep 2011 20:09:57 -0400

Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 2011
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               0              0              0
Osprey                       2             32             32
Bald Eagle                   3             33             34
Northern Harrier             0              3              3
Sharp-shinned Hawk           2              9              9
Cooper's Hawk                2             11             13
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              3              3
Broad-winged Hawk          276           2427           2440
Red-tailed Hawk              0              9              9
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 1              1              1
American Kestrel             1              5              5
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               0              4              4

Total:                     287           2540           2557
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 18:30:00 
Total observation time: 10.5 hours

Official Counter:        Ron Harrington, Thomas O. Hunter

Observers:        

Visitors:
I am listing visitors and observers together. Roger Lemaster, Mike Sanders,
John Whinery, Allen Gill, Roger Mayhorn, David Raines, Jim Fink, Tom Coats,
Brent Harris and Eugene Harris.


Weather:
Cloudy and fog during the morning. Clearing during the middle of the day.
Heavy cloudcover late afternoon then finally clearing again. Winds were
negligible.

Raptor Observations:
First raptor wasn't until after 12. No Broadwings after 3:45. Only bird
after 4 was our first Golden Eagle of the year.

Non-raptor Observations:
Only 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers seen today. We had a feeding flock of
warblers after 6 including 2 male Blackburnian, male Chestnut-sided,
Tennessee, Black-throated Green, and 2 female Bay-breasted Warblers.

Predictions:
Tomoorow we have a class from Twin Springs High School with their teacher
April Addington visiting the tower and helping to count hawks.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)


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