Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 25, 2011
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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 59 237
Bald Eagle 5 64 139
Northern Harrier 4 33 69
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 620 1256
Cooper's Hawk 3 96 173
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 20 27
Broad-winged Hawk 0 62 37519
Red-tailed Hawk 13 101 135
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 77 117
Merlin 0 6 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 15 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 9 11
Unknown Buteo 0 9 9
Unknown Falcon 0 1 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 8 19
Total: 37 1181 39761
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Todd M. Day
Observers:
Visitors:
Naught.
Weather:
Blue, blue, blue. Nice westerly breeze at 10mph steady, and a little
higher at times. Temp from 46-60.
Raptor Observations:
It sucked up there today. A struggle to find hawks.
Non-raptor Observations:
Big flight of American Robins, about 600 or so. Otherwise small numbers of
other things.
Predictions:
Rain in the afternoon.
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Report submitted by Todd Day (blkvulture@xxxxxxx)
