[bcbirdclub] HSR: Mendota Fire Tower (26 Sep 2014) 129 Raptors
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Mendota Fire Tower
Mendota, VA, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 2014
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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 11 11
Bald Eagle 0 16 16
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 10 10
Cooper's Hawk 0 15 15
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 129 3789 3789
Red-tailed Hawk 0 15 15
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 12 12
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 3 3
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 129 3881 3881
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: John D Whinery
Observers: Jennifer Quinn
Visitors:
Christy, Geoffrey, Katy and Andrew Correll came for the view (5 minutes)
and about 3 :15 Sam Faust and her friends Hazel Barber and Jodie Ervin
helped watch through birdless skies till the final 3 birds came through
together at 4:45
Weather:
Weather began hazy with 15% cloud cover and fog in the valley east of the
point but not elsewhere. By 10:00 clouds were fewer but fog and haze
remained in the point valley. Haze remained in NE valley most of day. By
2:00 some high cirrus clouds came over but did not reveal any birds. Skies
cleared to 30% cloud cover including low cumulus particularly north of
tower.
Raptor Observations:
For a change over the last 3 days the first 2 hours reminded me of the last
few years. First BWH rose through fog east of 'the point' at 9:01 (DST) and
by 10:00 am spotted 37 BWH's. Then by 11:00 added 84 more, including a
decent kettle rising east of the 'rear' west point of at least 50 + BWH's.
Sky cleared by noon and the usual bright blue skies make spotting
impossible. After a long birdless afternoon, including very few Vultures
and Ravens, saw 3 BWH at 4:45 then nothing before I left at 5:30. Not a
single accipiter etc all day.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by John D Whinery (Fall.Branch.Tn.Bird@xxxxxxxxx)
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