Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 01, 2005
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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 0 242
Bald Eagle 0 0 193
Northern Harrier 0 0 145
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 1840
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 359
Northern Goshawk 0 0 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 159
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6825
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 1797
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 2
Golden Eagle 0 0 13
American Kestrel 0 0 139
Merlin 0 0 40
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 17
Unknown 0 0 91
Total: 4 4 11870
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Todd M. Day
Observers:
Visitors:
Nary a soul.
Weather:
Chilly with a light but contstant breeze from the NW at 2. Mostly cloudy,
giving way to all cloudy, giving way to mostly blue. Temps were 32-40.
Raptor Observations:
Somewhere in the noon hour, an immature Red-tailed screamed, "Last call!"
I should have listened and packed up then, as it wasn't kidding.
This was the last day of the season, and like the last couple of weeks, it
went out with a whimper.
Non-raptor Observations:
A few hundred Cedar Waxwings were about. Flickers seemed to still be
moving. Goldfinches and a few Purple Finches were present. Blue Jays
still transporting acorns. The biggest Raven I have ever seen. The
Clarke County police checking stickers of the cars parked in the commuter
lot. Amazingly, they didn't get a single violator. Good thing Topo
wasn't there, else we might have lost him for good.
Also a good thing that the season is over, as the Covenant Transport truck
is certainly a nuisance.
Predictions:
Elmer Fudd said it best.
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Report submitted by Todd Day (blkvulture@xxxxxxx)
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