Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 19, 2013
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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 7 81 86
Bald Eagle 3 45 49
Northern Harrier 1 16 19
Sharp-shinned Hawk 22 167 167
Cooper's Hawk 3 35 38
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 9
Broad-winged Hawk 3102 6709 6726
Red-tailed Hawk 0 55 62
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 22 24
Merlin 1 5 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 4 4
Unknown Buteo 0 4 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 3 3
Total: 3140 7156 7197
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Bob Blakney, Joe Kelly, Todd Day, Wes Hetrick
Visitors:
Doug Graham
Weather:
Good weather for a big Broad-winged Hawk day. Clouds, east wind, lots of
eyes.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
About 10 Scarlet Tanagers, 1 DC Cormorant, stink bugs on the rise.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
