Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 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 3 8 10
Bald Eagle 3 7 7
Northern Harrier 1 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 16 17
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 6
Broad-winged Hawk 18 83 88
Red-tailed Hawk 5 9 13
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 5 6
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 43 140 154
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Mike Reyman
Observers: BJ Little, Bev Leeuwenburg, Jen Folts
Weather:
Full circle weather day from 100% cloud cover at start, to clear skies at
noon, to fair weather cumulus in afternoon, and finally returning to 100%
cloud cover by 3:00PM EST. Winds light, switching from West in AM to East
in afternoon. Temperature rising from 15C in AM to 21C in mid-afternoon.
Humidity steadied in mid-50s and Barometer generally steady at ~30.23.
Raptor Observations:
2 BE adults at 11:15 AM EST and 1 BE adult at 1:54 PM EST.
No BW kettles - all birds were single except one "group" of 2 BWs @ 11:34.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarch Butterflies, absent all morning, began coming through in fair
numbers in early afternoon.
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Report submitted by Mike Reyman (dreyman@xxxxxxxxxxx)
