Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 20 20
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 9 58
Bald Eagle 16 82 117
Northern Harrier 2 18 26
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 302 436
Cooper's Hawk 1 39 47
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 17 23
Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 1074
Red-tailed Hawk 33 234 240
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 2 3
American Kestrel 0 17 63
Merlin 0 2 7
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 10
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 1
Unknown Buteo 0 4 5
Unknown Falcon 0 1 4
Unknown Eagle 0 1 1
Unknown Raptor 0 2 5
Total: 63 761 2140
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 4.75 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Doug Graham
Visitors:
1 runt Corgi who's parents were both litter runts. This was a SMALL Corgi.
Weather:
100% cloud cover all day with a raw WNW wind. Perfect.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
1 Great Blue Heron, 2 Tree Swallows
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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