Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 24, 2005
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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 9 159 168
Bald Eagle 0 69 79
Northern Harrier 3 30 33
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 385 390
Cooper's Hawk 1 68 68
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 22 23
Broad-winged Hawk 64 3923 3985
Red-tailed Hawk 0 69 73
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 77 78
Merlin 0 12 12
Peregrine Falcon 2 7 7
Unknown 0 27 27
Total: 90 4848 4943
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Ralph Wall, Sue Heath, The Littles, Todd Day
Visitors:
Harry Lotis, Ralph Wall, Larry Hopson, Ron Stalee, Joe Coleman
Weather:
Light west wind until 12:30 then east - 100% cloud cover all day.
Raptor Observations:
One quick turn of the wind at 11am brought one of our two kettles of
numbers in the teens, then the wind went west again. Previous to that
there were virtually no birds. A later turn to east winds at 12:30
brought a slower response and mostly individuals of various species.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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