Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2011
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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 1 242
Bald Eagle 1 40 185
Northern Harrier 9 23 102
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 65 1396
Cooper's Hawk 1 8 187
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 84 130
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 37520
Red-tailed Hawk 31 334 552
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 8 10
American Kestrel 0 0 117
Merlin 0 0 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 12
Unknown Buteo 0 3 12
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 2
Unknown Raptor 0 0 22
Total: 45 568 40538
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Observation start time: 09:45:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Matt Orsie, The Littles
Visitors:
Todd Day, Dwayne Schilling, The Denices, Bobby Hilton, Bev and Boz
Leeuwenburg, Texan Sue Heath
Weather:
High clouds and a steady breeze. Just wish it wasn't from the south.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
2 Common Loons
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)