Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2010
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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 1 98 109
Bald Eagle 4 87 95
Northern Harrier 2 38 39
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 388 394
Cooper's Hawk 2 28 30
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 12
Broad-winged Hawk 558 10310 10334
Red-tailed Hawk 2 21 23
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 48 52
Merlin 0 8 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 3
Unknown Accipiter 1 7 7
Unknown Buteo 0 6 6
Unknown Falcon 0 4 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 9 9
Total: 590 11065 11125
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers: Doug Graham
Weather:
Warm and hazy with higher humidity levels. This knocked the visibility down
for seeing any real distant birds. Winds were SE and variable most of the
day with some periods of calm. Temps ranged from 73-81.
Raptor Observations:
Still a steady movement of Broad-winged Hawks but nothing like the previous
two days. We still have another week or so of potential triple digit days
with them.
Bald Eagles
AD: 11:23, 12:10, 12:26 (Adjusted for EST)
Sub-AD: 12:10
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Hot and hazy with increasing SW winds.
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()
