Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 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 0 11 99
Bald Eagle 2 24 78
Northern Harrier 2 14 30
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 283 566
Cooper's Hawk 7 47 108
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 14 37
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 5822
Red-tailed Hawk 21 81 152
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 0 11 53
Merlin 0 2 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 8
Unknown Buteo 0 4 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 3 8
Total: 51 507 6991
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 4.75 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Duane Schilling, The Littles
Visitors:
Alan Mitchnick
Weather:
A real Fall day, but the complete lack of clouds made it tough.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
About 60 Pine Siskins and a small number of Purple Finches, perhaps a
dozen.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
