Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 26 26 Bald Eagle 2 18 18 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 16 16 Cooper's Hawk 1 7 7 Northern Goshawk 0 1 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2 Broad-winged Hawk 104 4028 4028 Red-tailed Hawk 1 5 5 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 7 7 Merlin 0 1 1 Peregrine Falcon 0 4 4 Unknown Accipiter 1 4 4 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Total: 110 4124 4124 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 17:00:00 Total observation time: 7.75 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: John Whinery, Ron Harrington, Sam Evans Weather: Clear skies, winds mostly from the East and North. Very little haze in the valleys. Raptor Observations: Everything came to a grinding halt after 1 again. Non-raptor Observations: ======================================================================== 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-****