Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2017
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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 30 31
Bald Eagle 0 24 24
Northern Harrier 0 7 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 17 17
Cooper's Hawk 0 9 9
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 3
Broad-winged Hawk 0 774 783
Red-tailed Hawk 1 17 18
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 5 5
Merlin 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 1 889 900
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Observation start time: 13:15:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 1.75 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers:
Weather:
Dark heavy clouds riding an ESE wind began to raise up and break up after
2pm. Wind 3-6 mph with gusts to 10. Very humid.
Raptor Observations:
Nobody fighting the ESE wind.
One Broadwing rose up out of the trees across the road, circled a bit,
hunting, and then went back down.
Non-raptor Observations:
5 monarchs
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay48@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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