The Hawk Watch today during the BBC Field Trip was a huge success. Three BBC
members, seven longtime Mendota hawwatchers, and a few visitors (+1 Father)
identified 5 species of hawk, 2 species of Eagle, 1 Falcon, and one
persistently calling Barred Owl. The numbers and species are below from the
EBird report. Highlights we’re the Northern Goshawk, Golden Eagle, 5 Bald
Eagles, and, of course, the 1416 Broad-winged Hawks.
Mendota Fire Tower
Sep 22, 2018
9:30am to 6:15pm
Mendota Fire Tower is a Hawk Watch registered with hmana.org (Hawk Migration
Association of America). It’s located on the Clinch Mountain Range and one of
the flyways for the Broad-wing Hawk migration.
Jennifer Mead, Teresa Hutson, Larry McDaniel, Shawn Nelson, Adrianna Nelson,
Michele Sparks, Janet Meadows, John Clonce, Jack and Donna McCarty, George
Larkins, Susan Greear, and Marian Finucane were in attendance.
1 Golden Eagle
5 Sharp-shinned Hawk
4 Cooper's Hawk
1 Northern Goshawk
5 Bald Eagle
1416 Broad-winged Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Barred Owl
13 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker -- Base of Clinch Mountain
3 American Kestrel
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
3 Blue Jay
4 Common Raven
3 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
7 Wood Thrush
6 House Finch -- Base of Clinch Mountain
2 American Goldfinch
1 Dark-eyed Junco
1 Eastern Towhee
Number of Taxa: 26
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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