Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 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 0 1 242
Bald Eagle 7 24 169
Northern Harrier 0 6 85
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 47 1378
Cooper's Hawk 1 7 186
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 75 121
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 37520
Red-tailed Hawk 48 235 453
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 6
American Kestrel 0 0 117
Merlin 0 0 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 11
Unknown Buteo 0 3 12
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 2
Unknown Raptor 0 0 22
Total: 64 403 40373
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Bob Abrams
Observers: Duane Schilling, The Littles
Visitors:
Ells and Marylin Knudsen, Carter Morrow and a whole lot of dogs.
Weather:
Once again, the weather was beautiful. It was awful.
Raptor Observations:
Hmmmmmmm. Not much to say. bring on the north-westerlies.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)