Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 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 7 47 192
Northern Harrier 1 24 103
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 67 1398
Cooper's Hawk 0 8 187
Northern Goshawk 1 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 85 131
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 37520
Red-tailed Hawk 15 351 569
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 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: 26 597 40567
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Todd M. Day
Observers: Bob Abrams
Weather:
Blue sky. Not a single cloud. Temperature started at about 26F, ended
about 47F. Wind was pretty steady for the first four hours out of the WNW
at 10-15mph, but then waned a little and swung to the SW.
Raptor Observations:
Lovely immature Goshawk and a lot of Bale Eagles.
Non-raptor Observations:
97 Trumpeter Swants
1 Common Loon
5 Pine Siskins
Those were the most notable.
Predictions:
More south wind. Yay!
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Report submitted by Todd Day (blkvulture@xxxxxxx)
