Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 20, 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 10 91 96
Bald Eagle 7 52 56
Northern Harrier 3 19 22
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 208 208
Cooper's Hawk 1 36 39
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 9 9
Broad-winged Hawk 3842 10551 10568
Red-tailed Hawk 1 56 63
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 9 31 33
Merlin 2 7 7
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 1 5 5
Unknown Buteo 1 5 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 4 4
Total: 3919 11075 11116
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams, Joe Kelly, Linda Millington,
Todd Day
Visitors:
Linda Millington
Rob Hilton
Tom Masters
Jim Farley
Ron Staley
Sally and David
John Fox
Emily Southgate
Thanks to all who came and helped out!!
Weather:
Cloud cover varied from 0-70% with S-SE winds 5-10 all day. Temps rose to
the lower 70's.
Raptor Observations:
The biggest BW flight of the season. Started off with small kettles during
the morning and then went dormant for a couple of hours. In the 1-2pm local
time hour large kettles were spotted and delivered over 1,750 BW's. Then,
during the next hour there was was a constant "river' of almost 1,500 BW's.
Non-raptor Observations:
Too many Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (Halyomorpha halys)
RT Hummingbird 4
Monarchs 9
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
Cloudless Sulphur 3
Clouded Sulphur 1
Cabbage White many
Predictions:
Rain
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()
