Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 27, 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 2 42 96
Northern Harrier 0 19 35
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 316 599
Cooper's Hawk 0 56 117
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 23 46
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 5822
Red-tailed Hawk 9 163 234
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 3
American Kestrel 0 12 54
Merlin 0 2 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 12
Unknown Accipiter 1 7 10
Unknown Buteo 0 4 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 9
Total: 13 669 7153
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 4 hours
Official Counter: Bob Abrams
Observers:
Weather:
Cold, windy and overcast.
Raptor Observations:
A immature accipiter gave me great pause. It was big and moving fast from
west to east right down the gap over the road. Without seeing all of the
salient features I will bow to accipiter sp. on this one.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
