Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 10, 2013
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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 1 124
Bald Eagle 5 17 128
Northern Harrier 1 2 49
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 9 913
Cooper's Hawk 2 4 132
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 12 39
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 11616
Red-tailed Hawk 76 133 408
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 1 1 88
Merlin 0 1 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 10
Unknown Accipiter 1 2 9
Unknown Buteo 0 0 10
Unknown Falcon 1 1 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 20
Total: 95 185 13579
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 5.75 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Duane Schilling, The Littles
Weather:
Feeling colder than it was with wind gusts regularly hitting 30 mph. Clouds
on the western edge threatened all day but we never got more than 5% CC.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
150 Tundra Swans in three groups passed by within a few minutes of each
other, then no more. One of the better dog days with 2 English Bulldogs and
a beautiful Pit Bull followed by a Shiba Inu, an Alaskan Husky, a huge
Bloodhound, 2 brilliant Shar Pei and a beautiful German Shepard named
Blitz.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
