Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 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 2 58 236
Bald Eagle 0 50 125
Northern Harrier 0 22 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 505 1141
Cooper's Hawk 1 84 161
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 15 22
Broad-winged Hawk 0 62 37519
Red-tailed Hawk 1 62 96
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 73 113
Merlin 0 6 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 14 25
Unknown Accipiter 0 9 11
Unknown Buteo 0 9 9
Unknown Falcon 0 1 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 5 16
Total: 16 976 39556
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 1 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers:
Visitors:
none
Weather:
Cloudy with nice WNW breeze.
Raptor Observations:
Slow stream of birds but nice variety.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()