Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 2007
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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 3 184
Bald Eagle 1 38 219
Northern Harrier 0 27 167
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 65 1652
Cooper's Hawk 2 28 264
Northern Goshawk 0 9 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 33 150
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8110
Red-tailed Hawk 28 756 1582
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 9 17
American Kestrel 0 1 133
Merlin 0 1 46
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 21
Unknown Accipiter 0 6 21
Unknown Buteo 0 2 16
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 6 22
Short-eared Owl 0 0 1
Total: 34 984 12621
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: BJ Little
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Jen Folts, Yusuf Gantt
Weather:
Low, dark clouds gave way after noon to blue sky. The howling wind eased a
bit then, too.
Raptor Observations:
Considering the promising weather, we had surprisingly few birds.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
