Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2013
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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 7 109 114
Bald Eagle 7 79 83
Northern Harrier 2 27 30
Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 345 345
Cooper's Hawk 4 54 57
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 12 12
Broad-winged Hawk 20 11564 11581
Red-tailed Hawk 1 59 66
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 2 62 64
Merlin 1 10 10
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 5 5
Unknown Buteo 0 6 6
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 9 9
Total: 103 12344 12385
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Matt Orsie
Observers: Joe Kelly
Visitors:
Thad Moe. Thanks to Thad for helping out.
Weather:
Cloudy and cool with a E-NE wind ranging from near calm to 10mph throughout
the day.
Raptor Observations:
10 species today. Nice flight today while we seem to be stuck in a stagnant
weather pattern. Sharp-shinned Hawks are picking up now.... Yea!
Closed the day with a Merlin and Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Non-raptor Observations:
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Monarchs 12
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Report submitted by Matt Orsie ()
