Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 11, 2015
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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 0 122
Bald Eagle 8 11 81
Northern Harrier 1 10 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 55 650
Cooper's Hawk 0 1 41
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 8 42
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 5566
Red-tailed Hawk 46 90 184
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 3 4 7
American Kestrel 0 1 54
Merlin 0 0 8
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 12
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 2
Unknown Buteo 1 1 7
Unknown Falcon 0 0 2
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 5
Total: 64 182 6841
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Observation start time: 09:45:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 3.25 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers: James Fox
Visitors:
Red letter day today, as one of the founders of the site, Kerrie
Kirkpatrick, and her husband Jack graced us with a visit.
Weather:
Chilly (10 to 13 C) with howling northwest winds. Early, low dark clouds
melted away by 10:30, leaving us with high wisps off and on.
Raptor Observations:
GOEA=first bird of the day. One more in each hour. At one point, we had
four adult BAEA at the same time, one of which went back north.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay88@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
