Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 20 20 20
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 5 54
Bald Eagle 11 22 57
Northern Harrier 0 3 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 145 279
Cooper's Hawk 4 20 28
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 7
Broad-winged Hawk 1 5 1074
Red-tailed Hawk 8 31 37
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 2
American Kestrel 8 13 59
Merlin 0 0 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 8
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 1 2 3
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 1 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 0 3
Total: 108 272 1651
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers:
Visitors:
Joe Kelly, Mike Madigan, Doug Graham
Weather:
Finally! A cold front and some west wind. Morning started with stiff steady
15 k wind with gusts to 22. Wind abated somewhat at midday and sank to 3 k
by quitting time. Big puffy clouds made spotting speck Sharpies easy until
early afternoon when the cumulus dissipated and left us with high blue sky
as a layer of high clouds began to build in the west. Temps: 12-15 C.
Raptor Observations:
As the winds abated, so did the flow of Sharpies. Bald Eagle convention
today with lots of adult birds. Kestrels flew just above tree tops and
still got upended by the wind, while the Sharpies proved steadier in the
wind.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarchs 37, Tree Swallows 19, 1 male Purple Finch posed on the snag.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay48@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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