Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 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 3 86 97
Bald Eagle 4 74 82
Northern Harrier 7 25 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 70 310 316
Cooper's Hawk 4 22 24
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 11 12
Broad-winged Hawk 1414 3487 3511
Red-tailed Hawk 1 15 17
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 44 48
Merlin 1 8 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 3 3
Unknown Buteo 0 5 5
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 2 8 8
Total: 1511 4104 4164
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:45:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Doug Graham, Matt Orsie, The Littles, William Leigh
Visitors:
Sijata and Peter Roy, Molly Ross, Wes Hetrick, Bev Leeuwenberg, Dwayne
Shilling, Bruce Hill and others
Weather:
Partly cloudy light east wind most of the day.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Happy to report that there seem to have been plenty of Broadwings to go
around most of the day.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
