Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2008
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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 1 7 95
Bald Eagle 2 15 69
Northern Harrier 2 5 21
Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 82 365
Cooper's Hawk 13 22 83
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 24
Broad-winged Hawk 0 1 5820
Red-tailed Hawk 25 39 110
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 2 44
Merlin 0 1 7
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 4
Unknown Buteo 0 3 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 3 8
Total: 73 186 6670
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Bob Abrams
Observers:
Visitors:
Dave Queen
Weather:
Completely overcast to start and gradually clearing to about 10% cloud
cover. Wind WNW from 5-10 most of the day.
Raptor Observations:
One huge immature Cooper's Hawk brought back many memories of talking
people out of immature Goshawks over the years.
Non-raptor Observations:
Canada Geese were migrating high. One flock of 18 had an unidentified duck
with them. 9 Double-crested Cormorants.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
