[Bristol-Birds] Mendota Fire Tower (17 Sep 2017) 512 Raptors

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  • Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:06:10 -0800

Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 2017
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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                       1              2              2
Bald Eagle                   0              1              1
Northern Harrier             0              0              0
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              0              0
Cooper's Hawk                2              2              2
Northern Goshawk             1              1              1
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk          507            980            980
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0              0
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             1              1              1
Merlin                       0              0              0
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              0
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              1              1
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              0

Total:                     512            988            988
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:45:00 
Total observation time: 8.75 hours

Official Counter:        Larry McDaniel

Observers:        ED Davis, George Larkin, Steven Hopp, Teresa Hutson

Visitors:
Barbara Kingsolver, Dan Johnson, Karol Lynn Johnson, Lori Ownbe, Laura
Castle,John Clunce, Fred Osborne, Donna Osborne, Dan Huffine, Angie
Huffine, Andrew Huffine, and John Tomko.


Weather:
It was surprisingly hot and mostly sunny but there were some clouds that
helped with the viewing.

Raptor Observations:
Many of the hawks were very high but quite a few were flying low as well.
The Northern Goshawk was a sub-adult. We had a close look at this bird,
mostly below eye level.

Non-raptor Observations:
None reported

Predictions:
Weather predicted to be the same as today. Should be another good day for
hawk watching, especially if we can get a few clouds here and there. 
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Report submitted by Ronald Eugene Harrington (roneharrin@xxxxxxx)


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