Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 25, 2010
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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 5 109 120
Bald Eagle 3 96 104
Northern Harrier 0 42 43
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 466 472
Cooper's Hawk 5 41 43
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 11 12
Broad-winged Hawk 293 11383 11407
Red-tailed Hawk 3 24 26
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 51 55
Merlin 0 8 8
Peregrine Falcon 1 4 5
Unknown Accipiter 1 9 9
Unknown Buteo 0 6 6
Unknown Falcon 1 5 5
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 9 9
Total: 351 12264 12324
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers: Joan Boudreau, Matt Orsie
Visitors:
Two families with birding children. Greg Bucher with a group from National
Audubon. Larry Meade.
Weather:
Warm and humid. Temps 26-29C. Winds 6-10K from the west. About noon, the
haze cleared and we lost our clouds. Then it was just blue, blue, blue.
Raptor Observations:
First bird 8:50 Final bird 4:55
Pretty nice liftoff; then everything went very high.
Non-raptor Observations:
Many Blue Jays on the move.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
