Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 21, 2011
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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 1 242
Bald Eagle 0 47 192
Northern Harrier 0 25 104
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 68 1399
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 188
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 85 131
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 37520
Red-tailed Hawk 0 360 578
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 8 10
American Kestrel 0 1 118
Merlin 0 0 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 12
Unknown Buteo 0 3 12
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 2
Unknown Raptor 0 0 22
Total: 0 610 40580
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Wes Hetrick
Observers:
Weather:
Low clouds and ground fog never cleared the ridges. Wind was light and
highly variable, mostly from the East but moved around to South & West.
Temps were balmy from mid 50s to mid 60s. No rain while I was there.
Raptor Observations:
None observed.
Non-raptor Observations:
Fog chased workers off local roadways so parking lot was clogged with big
trucks: 15 from Asplundh, 4 from Verizon. They had a good rest during
two-hour lunch break.
Predictions:
Probably the same: rain & fog. No birds?
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Report submitted by Wes Hetrick (weshetrick@xxxxxxxx)
