Hi Hawk Watching Fans: Here is the report from the Mendota fire tower for September 21, 2004, the last full day of fall. The year-to-date totals are in parentheses. The tower is located atop beautiful Clinch Mountain, elevation 3100 feet, on the Washington/Scott County line. The site is about 3 miles from Mendota, VA. Broad-winged Hawk: 403(3840) Sharp-shinned Hawk: _ (10) Cooper's Hawk: _ (4) Am Bald Eagle: _ (5) Goshawk: _ (1) Am Kestrel _ (2) Red-shouldered Hawk: _(1) Don't know what has happened to our accipiters, eagles, ospreys, and falcons. Except for one lone Sharpie yesterday, we've been skunked for the last two days. I must be holding my mouth wrong, or perhaps they don't like the current weather pattern. According to Hawk Mountain, PA, they should be coming, especially Kestrels, Sharp-shinned hawks, Ospreys, and more Broad-wings. They have recorded over 6,163 Broad-winged hawks as of September 19. Today's Participants: It is rather challenging to accurately count migrating hawks during the peak week when you're alone, but I gave it a try from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today. I now have severe eye strain and I need a neck brace! Marion Finucane arrived to provide some relief around 3:30. She stayed there alone with he dog Bozo until 6:30 p.m. The weather was very similar to yesterday, except it was a little warmer and we finally had a few high clouds for backdrop in the late afternoon. The wind was out of the East 5-15 in the a.m., and then slacked off to a slight breeze by 3:00. There was a fairly steady flow of birds all day until about 4:30. Hawk Watching: Catch the Fever. Come see for relief. Ron Harrington Bristol, VA =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================