Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 30 31 Bald Eagle 4 37 39 Northern Harrier 0 5 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 39 39 Cooper's Hawk 2 35 37 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 8 8 Broad-winged Hawk 319 7712 7719 Red-tailed Hawk 0 7 7 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 0 16 16 Merlin 0 8 8 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2 Unknown Buteo 0 0 0 Unknown Falcon 0 2 2 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 4 4 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 329 7910 7922 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 11:00:00 Observation end time: 16:30:00 Total observation time: 5.5 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Visitors: Brent Harris, Eugene Harris. Weather: Good cloud cover, Wind from the W from 5 to 10 mph Raptor Observations: 2 Bald Eagles spotted by Eugene Harris. They were both immatures. 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 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-****