Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2012
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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 1 176
Bald Eagle 1 27 201
Northern Harrier 4 22 135
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 93 1454
Cooper's Hawk 0 25 211
Northern Goshawk 0 2 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 44 115
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8524
Red-tailed Hawk 17 619 994
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 2 12 13
American Kestrel 0 2 129
Merlin 0 5 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 29
Unknown Buteo 0 1 18
Unknown Falcon 0 0 12
Unknown Eagle 0 1 6
Unknown Raptor 0 5 31
Total: 30 862 12106
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 14:30:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours
Official Counter: Doug Graham
Observers: Carol Cwiklinski, Matt Orsie, Steve Small
Visitors:
Tom, Jim Farley and Sandy Sagalkin with a group from PVAS.
Weather:
Mild temperatures and light winds.
Raptor Observations:
A Red Shouldered Hawk impressed us with its ability to fly in spite of
missing nearly all of its emarginated primaries, half of its tail feathers
and additional primaries and secondaries!
First bird: RS at 10:53.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
A little warmer, less clouds and less wind?
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Report submitted by Doug Graham (dgraham1492@xxxxxxxxxx)
