Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 06, 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 0 203
Bald Eagle 0 8 226
Northern Harrier 0 13 152
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 36 1245
Cooper's Hawk 0 11 213
Northern Goshawk 1 1 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 69
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6669
Red-tailed Hawk 2 210 810
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 5 18
American Kestrel 0 0 139
Merlin 0 1 54
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 27
Unknown 16 97
Total: 3 315 9927
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Larry Brindza
Observers:
Visitors:
63 hikers to Bear Den Rocks in 11 groups, mostly small kids led by adults.
The kids didn't have school today.
Weather:
Cloudy all day with temperatures from 5 degrees C to 12 degreesC. Winds
were from the East the first two hours and then from ESE the rest of the
day. Winds were 6-11 km/h all day. The barometric pressure was steady at
30.49 from 08:00 until 11:00 but then started dropping for the rest of the
day and never stopped.
Raptor Observations:
The Northern Goshawk was and adult and flew over at tree-top level at
10:22. The two Red-tailed Hawks flew by in the 1:00 hour and the 2:00
hour.
Non-raptor Observations:
Common Raven 2
Cedar Waxwings 103
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
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Report submitted by Larry Brindza (ljbrindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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