Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 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 3 15 183
Bald Eagle 0 13 140
Northern Harrier 5 23 99
Sharp-shinned Hawk 64 178 635
Cooper's Hawk 4 19 88
Northern Goshawk 0 0 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 23
Broad-winged Hawk 11 49 6667
Red-tailed Hawk 0 32 135
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 8 120
Merlin 2 7 21
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 24
Unknown 1 2 43
Total: 90 351 8180
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Yusuf Gantt
Observers: Ian Topolsky
Visitors:
The Man - Ian Christopher Tolpolsky (hard at work).
John Bear, Bob Blakney, Sandy Wilson, and Judy Bardsley.
Weather:
Warm temps, hazy visibility, mostly calm winds, with mostly overcast skies
in the morning and mostly clear by late afternoon.
Raptor Observations:
About 75% of the birds were seen between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM EDST.
Non-raptor Observations:
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Report submitted by Yusuf Gantt (jgantt3@xxxxxxx)
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