Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 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 1 1 179
Bald Eagle 2 2 77
Northern Harrier 0 0 36
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 636
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 77
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 7
Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 37458
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 34
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 40
Merlin 0 0 13
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 11
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 11
Total: 4 4 38584
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers: Doug Graham, The Littles, Todd Day
Visitors:
Group from the National Audubon. Some left before any counting was
initiated.
Greg Butcher
Lynne Mecum
Chris Wright
Weather:
Cloudy, windy with rain tapering to showers. Low cloud deck never did rise
and rain began to intensify towards the end.
Raptor Observations:
Bald Eagle
Adult 2 11:24, 11:37
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Clouds, wind, cold with hopefully higher cloud deck and less rain.
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()
