Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 26, 2008
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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 12 100
Bald Eagle 14 40 94
Northern Harrier 4 19 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 315 598
Cooper's Hawk 5 56 117
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 23 46
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 5822
Red-tailed Hawk 36 154 225
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 2 3
American Kestrel 0 12 54
Merlin 0 2 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 9
Unknown Buteo 0 4 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 9
Total: 83 656 7140
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Doug Graham, The Littles
Visitors:
A fine dog day. A beautiful Collie and several puppy Labs were the stars of
the show.
Weather:
Bright blue skies. Awful.
Raptor Observations:
A big Bald Eagle day and 1 young Golden Eagle.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not one waterfowl. That was odd.
Predictions:
Tomorrow is setting up to be a good day. The wind is going to be strong and
from the northwest. If there are clouds I will be happy.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
