Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 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 2 9 10
Bald Eagle 2 10 12
Northern Harrier 2 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 56 412 419
Red-tailed Hawk 0 4 4
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 5 5
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: 62 449 461
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 18:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers:
Visitors:
None
Weather:
Challenging conditions for observation. Calm or negligble wind. No cloud
cover at all. Up to 80 degrees and lots of haze.
Raptor Observations:
Only 1 busy period for Broadwings. About 10 minutes between 11:30 and 12:00
with 3 double digit kettles. Otherwise it was single birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)