Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 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 4 21 23
Bald Eagle 2 13 13
Northern Harrier 0 3 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 45 46
Cooper's Hawk 10 13 13
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 12 13
Broad-winged Hawk 146 547 552
Red-tailed Hawk 4 24 28
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 8 9
Merlin 0 2 2
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipiter 1 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 2 2
Unknown Falcon 1 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 197 693 707
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams, Linda Millington, Todd Day
Weather:
Hot. Humid. Light wind. Just plain sticky.
Raptor Observations:
Hawks had to work hard to get lift.
Non-raptor Observations:
Nice woodpecker flight in the morning: 6 red-headeds, 2 pileateds, one each
red-bellied, downy, hairy and flicker. Vocal White-eyed Vireo in the woods
behind us.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
