Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 24, 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 1 2 125
Bald Eagle 0 23 134
Northern Harrier 1 3 50
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 14 918
Cooper's Hawk 1 7 135
Northern Goshawk 0 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 21 48
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 11616
Red-tailed Hawk 18 250 525
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 3
American Kestrel 0 1 88
Merlin 0 1 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 10
Unknown Accipiter 1 3 10
Unknown Buteo 0 1 11
Unknown Falcon 0 1 3
Unknown Eagle 1 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 1 20
Total: 25 332 13726
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Duane Schilling, Joe Kelly, Matt Orsie
Visitors:
Not many. Maybe 8 people all day, two of those set about changing the
weather station, which has been without its wind speed propeller all year.
And NO dogs.
Weather:
Arctic.
Raptor Observations:
We might have had our latest Osprey. It just isn't fun smashing into 4" of
ice when you spot a fish you want.
Non-raptor Observations:
19 Tundra Swans, 40 Double-crested Cormorants, 7 Ring-billed Gulls, eight
lines of Canada Geese totaling around 120 birds, 8 Common Loons.
Predictions:
Golden Eagles are in the pipeline. Maybe we'll get one......or two.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
