Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2006
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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 12 12 180
Bald Eagle 13 13 140
Northern Harrier 18 18 94
Sharp-shinned Hawk 114 114 571
Cooper's Hawk 15 15 84
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 23
Broad-winged Hawk 38 38 6656
Red-tailed Hawk 32 32 135
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 8 8 120
Merlin 5 5 19
Peregrine Falcon 2 2 24
Unknown 1 1 42
Total: 261 261 8090
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:45:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams, Yusuf Gantt
Observers: Sue Heath, Yusuf Gantt
Visitors:
Doug Graham, John Bear, Ron Staley, Bill King and Daisy, the most well
behaved Labradoodle on earth, Dwayne Schilling, Ralph Wall, Gayla and Russ
Verbofsky
Weather:
Breezy with great clouds. Beautiful day.
Raptor Observations:
Twelve species of raptors is almost all you can ask for in one day.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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