Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 09, 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 0 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 44 132 139
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 1
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: 45 139 151
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 8.25 hours
Official Counter: Ron Harrington, Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: Gary Cooper, Ron Harrington
Weather:
Sunny and warm with light winds mostly from NNW.
Raptor Observations:
We had the first migrating Red-tailed Hawk of the year. We continued to see
the local Accipiters and Red-tails.
One of the Red-tails caused a squirel sitting below us to go completely
berserk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Several warblers today including a beautiful Cape May.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)
