Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 2011
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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 2 7 51
Bald Eagle 0 3 49
Northern Harrier 0 1 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 17 54
Cooper's Hawk 0 23 73
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 5
Broad-winged Hawk 0 23 9825
Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 28
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 2 4
American Kestrel 0 7 24
Merlin 0 1 9
Peregrine Falcon 0 8 21
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 6
Total: 3 99 10157
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers:
Weather:
Clear all day. Light winds that were from the W and WNW.
Raptor Observations:
Only 3 raptors. There were 2 Osprey and a Golden Eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
This was the last scheduled day for the count this year.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)