Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 29, 2012
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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 1 176
Bald Eagle 0 48 222
Northern Harrier 0 31 144
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 108 1469
Cooper's Hawk 0 31 217
Northern Goshawk 0 3 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 52 123
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 8524
Red-tailed Hawk 5 714 1089
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 2 16 17
American Kestrel 0 2 129
Merlin 0 5 27
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 26
Unknown Accipiter 0 2 30
Unknown Buteo 0 2 19
Unknown Falcon 0 0 12
Unknown Eagle 0 1 6
Unknown Raptor 0 6 32
Total: 8 1024 12268
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Larry Brindza
Observers:
Visitors:
Only 3 hikers today.
Weather:
Sunny sky all day, with cirrus clouds. Temperatures from 1 degree C up to 7
degrees C. Clouds starting at 90% at start and 0% at end of day.
Raptor Observations:
Very slow day for raptors with only 8 counted.
Non-raptor Observations:
At 9:50 a.m. a small red-white-and blue stunt plane started to do barrel
rolls, flying upside down, and doing vertical downward drops. This was on
the WNW side of the ridge.
Predictions:
Better weather to come and hopefully more raptors!
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Report submitted by Larry Brindza (ljbrindza@xxxxxxx)