Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 05, 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 3 52 230
Bald Eagle 3 22 97
Northern Harrier 3 16 52
Sharp-shinned Hawk 52 241 877
Cooper's Hawk 9 34 111
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 6 13
Broad-winged Hawk 5 61 37518
Red-tailed Hawk 6 28 62
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 7 63 103
Merlin 0 3 16
Peregrine Falcon 3 10 21
Unknown Accipiter 1 2 4
Unknown Buteo 0 3 3
Unknown Falcon 0 1 4
Unknown Eagle 1 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 2 13
Total: 96 545 39125
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: BJ Little
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Jen Folts
Weather:
Brisk force 5 winds out of the west. Temps 15-19C. Blue blue blue sky grew
hazy after noon.
Raptor Observations:
All hawks zoomed by on the west side of the ridge, falcons higher than
others.
Non-raptor Observations:
Lots of moving Blue Jays, Flickers and Monarch butterflies.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
