Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 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 58 236
Bald Eagle 4 54 129
Northern Harrier 1 23 59
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 537 1173
Cooper's Hawk 3 87 164
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 17 24
Broad-winged Hawk 0 62 37519
Red-tailed Hawk 8 70 104
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 74 114
Merlin 0 6 19
Peregrine Falcon 1 15 26
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: 52 1028 39608
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Observation start time: 09:45:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 5.25 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers:
Visitors:
Doug and Eric Graham
Joe and Amporm Kelly
Don Weisman
Weather:
Cloudy with light W winds going variable by mid afternoon. Became partly
cloudy around 2pm local.
Raptor Observations:
Bald Eagle
Ad: 3 - 2:43pm local
Im: 1 - 3:02pm local
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Loon: 10
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()