Mendota Fire Tower Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 29, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 30 31 Bald Eagle 0 37 39 Northern Harrier 1 6 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 53 53 Cooper's Hawk 6 41 43 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 9 9 Broad-winged Hawk 94 7806 7813 Red-tailed Hawk 1 8 8 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 2 American Kestrel 1 17 17 Merlin 1 9 9 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 2 6 6 Mississippi Kite 0 1 1 Total: 121 8031 8043 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 16:45:00 Total observation time: 7.5 hours Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter Observers: Allen Gill, Gary Cooper, Larry McDaniel, Ron Harrington Visitors: Tom Dye Weather: Plentiful cloud cover. Temperature was pleasant. Wind was 8 to 12 from east. Raptor Observations: Flights slowed after 11 and shut down completely after 1 pm. Non-raptor Observations: Today we ad our first significant flight of Blue Jays. ======================================================================== 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-****