Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2009
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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 9 15 157
Bald Eagle 7 36 135
Northern Harrier 6 8 34
Sharp-shinned Hawk 60 357 884
Cooper's Hawk 9 56 111
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 8 11 30
Broad-winged Hawk 0 26 9077
Red-tailed Hawk 37 72 107
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 16 57
Merlin 7 9 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 20
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 11
Unknown Buteo 2 3 13
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 3 5 17
Total: 151 623 10678
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Doug Graham, The Littles
Weather:
After the rain got swept away it was perfect hawk weather. Cool, crisp, WNW
with lots of clouds.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
70 Canada Geese, 6 Great Blue Herons, 29 DC Cormorants
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
