The 2002 Mendota Hawk Watch was offically kicked off on Tuesday, September 10, 2002. Despite favorable winds and sunshine, the flow of birds was relatively slow. The "diehard" early watchers included Bob Quillen, Ron Pendleton, Bob Riggs, and yours truely. During slow times, we occupied ourselves identifying other species in and around the tower. Old Coot could have picked up two lifers: Ravens and a Ruffed Grouse were seen each day. Here are the daily reports through Friday, September 13: September 10 11 12 13 Number of Observers: 2 2 1 4 Manhours: 10 12 4 26.5 Broad-winged Hawk: 42 1 7 75 Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1 1 1 -- Osprey: 1 1 -- -- Coopers Hawk -- -- -- 2 Golden Eagle(Immature) -- -- -- 1 Unid Accipiter: 1 -- -- -- Unid Buteo: 1 -- -- -- Other species seen or heard: N. Cardinal, N. Raven, Ruffed Grouse, Blue Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, Red Start, Blackburnian W., Cape May W., Black-throated Blue W., Tennessee W., Red-eyed Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo(2), Bay-breasted W., Magnolia W., E. Pewee, Mourning Dove, Pileated WP, Downy WP, Chimney Swift, B. Vulture, T. Vulture, Screech Owl, Summer Tanager (female), Solitary Vireo, House Wren, C. Crow, C. Chickadee, C. Wren, White-breasted NH, and Red-headed WP. Come join us next week. Should be a great show after this front moves out! Ron Harrington, Bristol, VA ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Greeneville TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958