Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Dec 03, 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 0 0 204
Bald Eagle 2 2 267
Northern Harrier 0 0 178
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 1307
Cooper's Hawk 2 2 228
Northern Goshawk 0 0 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 98
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6669
Red-tailed Hawk 30 30 1235
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 0 23
American Kestrel 0 0 140
Merlin 0 0 54
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 27
Unknown 1 1 112
Total: 39 39 10549
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Yusuf Gantt
Visitors:
A few muts.
Weather:
Cold and calm. The wind was ESE when it blew.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
A spectacular day for Common Loons. We counted 885 of them, all traveling
southeast. We had groups of up to 90 birds with an average of about ten
per flock. There were some extremely high birds but several clusters that
were just a few hundred feet above the trees. From 11:30 when they started
until 3:30 you could scan at any time and find a few.
Predictions:
This may be a heck of a day. Clear, cold, with NW winds from 10-20 MPH.
Sounds good to me.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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