[Va-bird] HSR: Snickers Gap (06 Nov 2011) 64 Raptors

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  • Date: 06 Nov 2011 19:11:02 -0400


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)





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