Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 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 13 123 134
Bald Eagle 3 101 109
Northern Harrier 9 57 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 121 632 638
Cooper's Hawk 6 55 57
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 14 15
Broad-winged Hawk 286 11718 11742
Red-tailed Hawk 5 29 31
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 53 57
Merlin 2 11 11
Peregrine Falcon 1 5 6
Unknown Accipiter 0 10 10
Unknown Buteo 1 7 7
Unknown Falcon 0 5 5
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 11 11
Total: 451 12831 12891
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: BJ Little
Observers:
Visitors:
The milling and paving crew and all their huge gear.
Weather:
Wow, what a cloud show today. Huge cumulous beauties scudded north up both
sides of the ridge all day. Temps 23-28C. Overhead the winds must have been
out of the south in the morning and southwest in the afternoon. Down in the
gap, the VDOT anemometer registered east all morning, wandered around at
lunchtime and went west in the afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
I guess 36 hours of rain had these birds backed up; they streamed down the
east side all morning and went high overhead after lunch. Got the hat trick
on the falcons. Over here in the mountains, Ospreys are pretty cool, but
nothing beats the Merlins.
Non-raptor Observations:
Many Monarchs and Blue Jays on the move.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
