Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 16, 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 5 37 38
Bald Eagle 8 39 39
Northern Harrier 0 7 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 37 37
Cooper's Hawk 6 21 21
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 4 4
Broad-winged Hawk 2008 2952 2961
Red-tailed Hawk 4 25 26
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 10 10
Merlin 1 3 3
Peregrine Falcon 2 3 3
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 1 1 1
Unknown Falcon 1 3 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Total: 2054 3142 3153
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: The Littles
Observers: Doug Graham, Joan Boudreau
Visitors:
Linda, Wes and family, Doug, Dave, Harry, Joe, 22 Virginia Master
Naturalists with Dave Carr, 10 0thers
Weather:
Light west wind through the gap with haze and scary blue sky until noon
when clouds began to build in from the east to help with visibility.
Raptor Observations:
First bird was a Sharp-shinned Hawk at 8:22 am.
Broadwing flight was light with lots of distant solo birds until the 3
o'clock hour when a fine parade of overhead Broadwings finally started.
Non-raptor Observations:
Monarchs 22, Chimney Swifts 95, White-eyed Vireo behind us for the fourth
day in a row.
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Report submitted by BJ Little (bluejay48@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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