Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2010
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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 1 2 3
Bald Eagle 0 2 4
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 24 88 95
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Mississippi Kite 0 1 1
Total: 25 94 106
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers:
Visitors:
None.
Weather:
Hot. Very little cloud cover. Winds light.
Raptor Observations:
Still no flight pattern. A local Sharp-shinned Hawk came through carrying
his lunch, a small songbird.
Still only singles. Any kettle that formed was only temporary. One of the
hawks would go north of the ridge and the other would turn into the valley
on the south side.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
