Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 31, 2011
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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 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 1 1
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 1 2 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 7 13 13
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 1 1
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
Total: 8 17 17
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Thomas O. Hunter
Observers: Gary Cooper, Mike Sanders
Visitors:
None
Weather:
Partly cloudy early then sunny for afternoon. Temperatures in low to mid
80s. Very little wind.
Raptor Observations:
Broadwings meandering through by 1 and 2s.
Non-raptor Observations:
Gary Cooper and Mike Sanders were here for most of the morning. They
spotted Scarlet Tanager, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
Yellow-throated Vireo.
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Report submitted by Thomas O. Hunter (opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx)