Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 29 30 Bald Eagle 2 33 35 Northern Harrier 0 4 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 33 33 Cooper's Hawk 5 31 33 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 8 8 Broad-winged Hawk 993 7217 7224 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 14 14 Merlin 2 6 6 Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 1 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 1014 7394 7406 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:00:00 Observation end time: 18:00:00 Total observation time: 9 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Allen Gill, Joel Keebler, John Hay Visitors: Justin Harris, John Hay, Allen Sutherland, Joy Scruggs. Weather: Hot, hazy, wind from the SW. Some cloud cover during the middle of the day. Raptor Observations: Flights dropped around 2:30 and never did resume the high flight pattern. Non-raptor Observations: Very few migrants other than hawks. ======================================================================== 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 Nature Calendar for NE TN / SW VA: http://www.google.com:80/calendar/embed?src=eHlvbjQyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ 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-****