Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 22, 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 4 95 100
Bald Eagle 2 54 58
Northern Harrier 3 22 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk 48 256 256
Cooper's Hawk 7 43 46
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 10 10
Broad-winged Hawk 944 11495 11512
Red-tailed Hawk 1 57 64
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 25 56 58
Merlin 2 9 9
Peregrine Falcon 2 3 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 5
Unknown Buteo 0 5 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 2 6 6
Total: 1041 12116 12157
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Carol Cwiklinski, Duane Schilling, Steve Small, The Littles
Visitors:
Joe Kelly, Deb Denice & family et al.
Weather:
Cool, steady light winds primarily from the NW
Raptor Observations:
Smaller kettles and lots of single streamers.
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
I hope there are a few kettles to come.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
