Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 05, 2007
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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 0 181
Bald Eagle 2 14 195
Northern Harrier 1 12 152
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 28 1615
Cooper's Hawk 0 5 241
Northern Goshawk 1 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 9 126
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8110
Red-tailed Hawk 38 180 1006
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 3 11
American Kestrel 0 0 132
Merlin 0 0 45
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 21
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 16
Unknown Buteo 0 1 15
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 17
Short-eared Owl 0 0 1
Total: 46 255 11892
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Larry Brindza
Observers: Matt Orsie
Visitors:
Matt Orsie and his Shetland Sheepdog Jessie helped count between 14:00 and
15:00. There were 6 "Whatcha doing" visitors and @ 15 hikers.
Weather:
Clear blue sky for all except the last hour. Winds were mostly from the
west with winds from the east the last three hours. 30 to 40% clouds the
last hour.
Raptor Observations:
Raptors of the day were a juvenile N. Goshawk at 10:45, two adult Bald
Eagles at 14:15 and 15:36, followed by an adult Golden Eagle at 15:38.
Non-raptor Observations:
At 10:11 a flock of @ 200 Common Grackles, at 12:30 a flock of 300
Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles, and at 14:14 a flock of @ 400
Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles.
One Sphinx moth.
Predictions:
A new cold front is moving in!
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Report submitted by Larry Brindza (ljbrindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
