On Saturday, 9/13/08, Rob Biller and I counted hawks from 9:45 am to 5:15 pm at the Mendota Fire Tower in Washington County VA. Broad-winged Hawks - 53 Osprey - 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Other birds of note included Sharp-shinned Hawk (uncounted local) Red-tailed Hawk Hairy Woodpecker Red-eyed Vireo Commons Ravens Black-throated Green Warbler Observers were Michele Sparks of Bristol TN, Lisa Tyler of Elizabethton, Don Holt of Johnson City, Diane Draper of Johnson City, Susan Greer of Scott County, Jeremy Keller of Gate City, Christi Pippin of Bristol VA, Shirley West of Sugar Grove, Faye Altizer of Christiiansberg, Tom Bailey of Kingsport, Don Kensler of Kingsport, Roy Knispel of Johnson City, Fred Houser of Sonoita AZ, Brenda Houser of Sonoita, Bunny Medeiros of Damascus, Will Stein of Abingdon, Steve Jett of Abingdon, Don Starrette of Kingsport, Kathy Starrette of Kingsport, John Allen of Abingdon and Barbara Allen of Abingdon. Larry McDaniel _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008