Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2010
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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 8 83 94
Bald Eagle 5 70 78
Northern Harrier 2 18 19
Sharp-shinned Hawk 26 240 246
Cooper's Hawk 5 18 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 9 10
Broad-winged Hawk 911 2073 2097
Red-tailed Hawk 1 14 16
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 41 45
Merlin 1 7 7
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 1 5 5
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 6 6
Total: 963 2593 2653
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 17:15:00
Total observation time: 9.5 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Duane Schilling,
Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams, Wes Hetrick
Visitors:
Many visitors, field trippers, and old friends, including Sandy Holton and
Marge Galey, The Millingtons, The Cartwrights.
Weather:
Light winds mostly from the east. Temps started at a chilly 14 and ended at
22 C. A few wispy clouds helped out before noon and then disappeared to
leave us with a brutal high blue sky.
Raptor Observations:
Best flight in the final hour.
Non-raptor Observations:
Hundreds of Monarch butterflies.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
