Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 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 17 18 196
Bald Eagle 3 5 80
Northern Harrier 0 0 36
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25 25 661
Cooper's Hawk 5 5 82
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 7
Broad-winged Hawk 16 17 37474
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 35
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 2 42
Merlin 0 0 13
Peregrine Falcon 5 5 16
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 1 12
Total: 76 80 38660
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams, Matt Orsie
Observers: Duane Schilling, Matt Orsie, The Littles
Visitors:
Debby Crouse helped us find some good birds.
Weather:
Dark and foreboding (okay Halloween isn't here yet but...), chilly with
sprinkles now and again in the midday, rain coming up the ridge from the
Valley by 3:30.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
