Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2013
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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 0 10 10
Bald Eagle 1 4 4
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 2 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 21 73 73
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 1 1
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 1 1
Total: 22 92 92
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 16:45:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: Jennifer Meade
Weather:
Warm and overcast for most of the day with mostly sunny later.
Raptor Observations:
No raptors until after 11 AM. A very slow day with the raptors very high
and moving fast.
Non-raptor Observations:
Very little movement of other migrants.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
