Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 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 9 10
Bald Eagle 1 11 13
Northern Harrier 0 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 3
Cooper's Hawk 1 4 6
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 99 511 518
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: 102 551 563
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Observation start time: 09:45:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 7.75 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: Tom Dye
Weather:
Sunny for most of the day with clouds later in the day. There was a
thunderstorm that crossed Clinch Mountain Northeast of the tower. That put
a halt to the flights.
Raptor Observations:
Still small numbers of Broadwings with no large size kettles.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)