Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 12, 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 0 33 207
Northern Harrier 0 24 137
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 97 1458
Cooper's Hawk 0 28 214
Northern Goshawk 0 2 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 47 118
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8524
Red-tailed Hawk 11 673 1048
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 1 13 14
American Kestrel 0 2 129
Merlin 0 5 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 26
Unknown Accipiter 1 2 30
Unknown Buteo 1 2 19
Unknown Falcon 0 0 12
Unknown Eagle 0 1 6
Unknown Raptor 0 5 31
Total: 14 937 12181
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers:
Visitors:
Kurt Gaskill, Rich Rieger and the guy with them whose name I forgot.
Weather:
Ominous. It was gray and windy and reminded me of the first line from "The
Fall of the House of Usher".
Raptor Observations:
Little excitement with the exception of a low flying juv Golden Eagle being
bullied by a Red-tailed Hawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not much. There was a big movement of Cedar Waxwings. Probably 1000 seen in
the three hours we were there.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
