Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 27, 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 1 242
Bald Eagle 2 54 199
Northern Harrier 0 25 104
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 73 1404
Cooper's Hawk 0 11 190
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 87 133
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 37520
Red-tailed Hawk 11 395 613
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 9 11
American Kestrel 0 1 118
Merlin 0 0 19
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 12
Unknown Buteo 0 3 12
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 2
Unknown Raptor 0 0 22
Total: 17 663 40633
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 14:15:00
Total observation time: 4.25 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Matt Orsie, The Littles, Todd Day
Visitors:
Joe Coleman
Weather:
Another horribly nice day.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
Best dog of the day (aside from Jessie) was a droopy Basset Hound named
Horace. His ears were the size of doormats.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
