Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 25, 2012
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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 0 1 176
Bald Eagle 3 48 222
Northern Harrier 2 31 144
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 108 1469
Cooper's Hawk 0 31 217
Northern Goshawk 0 3 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 51 122
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8524
Red-tailed Hawk 7 709 1084
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 14 15
American Kestrel 0 2 129
Merlin 0 5 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 30
Unknown Buteo 0 2 19
Unknown Falcon 0 0 12
Unknown Eagle 0 1 6
Unknown Raptor 0 6 32
Total: 14 1016 12260
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Observation start time: 10:15:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 4.75 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Matt Orsie, Perri Borowiecki, Todd Day, Wes Hetrick
Weather:
Cloud cover went from 100% to 10% during our fruitless stay.
Raptor Observations:
Several talon locking Bald Eagles just before closing time was nice to
view. Other than that just about every raptor we saw looked like they would
have rather been sitting on some nice, strong branch sleeping.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
