Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 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 5 100 105
Bald Eagle 16 70 74
Northern Harrier 0 22 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 263 263
Cooper's Hawk 1 44 47
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 10 10
Broad-winged Hawk 39 11534 11551
Red-tailed Hawk 1 58 65
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 58 60
Merlin 0 9 9
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 5
Unknown Buteo 0 5 5
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 6 6
Total: 71 12187 12228
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 4.5 hours
Official Counter: Todd M. Day
Observers: Bob Blakney
Visitors:
A few what-are-you-looking-ats, but that's about it.
Weather:
Completely gray and fifty degrees at the start with a ten MPH WNW wind.
Later became sunny, warmer, with about the same wind.
Raptor Observations:
Started out with some promise, but became slow around one PM. Decent Bald
Eagle flight. Or all the resident eagles were up high and flying south.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not a lot of note. Two Cliff Swallows were late-ish.
Predictions:
I won't be at Snickers.
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Report submitted by Todd Day (blkvulture@xxxxxxx)
