Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2007
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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 0 181
Bald Eagle 4 23 204
Northern Harrier 1 21 161
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 37 1624
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 245
Northern Goshawk 0 2 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 18 135
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8110
Red-tailed Hawk 30 327 1153
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 6 14
American Kestrel 0 0 132
Merlin 0 0 45
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 21
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 19
Unknown Buteo 1 2 16
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 17
Short-eared Owl 0 0 1
Total: 40 450 12087
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Observation start time: 11:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Yusuf Gantt
Observers:
Visitors:
None
Weather:
The winds were nowhere near 10-15 mph as forecasted this morning.
Nevertheless, the light winds of today were considerably better than the no
winds of yesterday.
Raptor Observations:
GE, Sub I @ 11:30 AM (Very first bird of the day!)
BE, Adult @ 12:45 PM
BE, Adult @ 12:58 PM
BE, Adult @ 1:05 PM
BE, Sub A @ 1:13 PM
Non-raptor Observations:
TV 166
BV 59
European Starlings ~1500+
American Robins ~100+
Red-winged Blackbirds ~120+
Predictions:
Chance of rain near 100 percent for tomorrow.
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Report submitted by Yusuf Gantt (jgantt3@xxxxxxx)
