Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 26, 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 1 110 121
Bald Eagle 2 98 106
Northern Harrier 6 48 49
Sharp-shinned Hawk 45 511 517
Cooper's Hawk 8 49 51
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 12 13
Broad-winged Hawk 49 11432 11456
Red-tailed Hawk 0 24 26
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 51 55
Merlin 1 9 9
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 5
Unknown Accipiter 1 10 10
Unknown Buteo 0 6 6
Unknown Falcon 0 5 5
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 2 11 11
Total: 116 12380 12440
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams, The Littles
Visitors:
Bill Clark
The Bogars
Mike and Bessy Fleming
Weather:
Cloudy and cool with light W-NW winds that went E for a time and variable
later in the afternoon. Sprinkles off on on.
Raptor Observations:
Bald Eagles
Sun-Adult: 14:05, 14:45
Non-raptor Observations:
Predictions:
Rain
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()
