Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 03, 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 8 14 23
Bald Eagle 5 20 30
Northern Harrier 0 1 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 2 7
Cooper's Hawk 3 5 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 4 5
Broad-winged Hawk 30 144 206
Red-tailed Hawk 0 8 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 9 10
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 52 207 302
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Todd M. Day
Observers: BJ Little, Jon Little
Visitors:
Larry Meade stopped by for a spell.
Mom with twins, Declan and Kieren.
A Springer Spaniel named Bess. Two Weimaraners, one of which was a rare
blue form of the breed. A black Border Collie-mutt, and three great brown
mutts.
Weather:
A pretty late-summer day, temp never crested 80, sky was blue for the first
couple hours, then a nice mixture of clouds. Wind was westerly, mostly
light, though a bit breezy at times.
Raptor Observations:
Pretty slow, but what I would expect in early September here. Two of the
four Bald Eagles were adults, the other two were born this year. A couple
others were seen but they seemed to be patrolling territory. No Osprey were
avec fish. Several Red-taileds milling about, but none with obvious
migratory intent.
Non-raptor Observations:
Two Olive-sided Flycatchers. One Blue-winged Warbler. An Eastern
Screech-Owl singing. One flock of 50 Cedar Waxwings, and maybe a couple
dozen others seen during the day. Chimney Swift numbers were fairly low,
just 25 or so noted. One Cliff Swallow. One White-eyed Vireo.
Predictions:
Craney Island should be good. I'm not going to get nearly enough sleep.
The Volvo isn't going anywhere. Gas prices aren't done yet.
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Report submitted by Todd Day (blkvulture@xxxxxxx)
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