Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 04, 2012
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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 1 176
Bald Eagle 9 23 197
Northern Harrier 4 16 129
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 89 1450
Cooper's Hawk 10 22 208
Northern Goshawk 2 2 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 26 37 108
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8524
Red-tailed Hawk 148 494 869
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 4 9 10
American Kestrel 0 2 129
Merlin 2 5 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 29
Unknown Buteo 1 1 18
Unknown Falcon 0 0 12
Unknown Eagle 1 1 6
Unknown Raptor 5 5 31
Total: 233 709 11953
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Doug Graham, Matt Orsie, The Littles, Wes Hetrick
Visitors:
The Denises (son David with a freshly broken wrist and a beautiful
chartreuse cast), Joe Kelly, Bruce Hill, Perri Borowiecki.
Weather:
Cool with a light NW wind and lots of clouds. More wind would have been
better, but we'll take it.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
3 Double-crested Cormorants, several dozen Canada Geese, 20 Ring-billed
Gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 14 Black Ducks in one flock, 2 Winter Wrens, good
numbers of Pine Siskins and lots of small, distant finches throughout the
day.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
