Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 17, 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 6 92 92
Bald Eagle 9 42 42
Northern Harrier 0 29 29
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 117 122
Cooper's Hawk 2 20 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 8 16
Broad-winged Hawk 247 2319 2346
Red-tailed Hawk 5 34 37
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 22 22
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2
Unknown 12 13
Total: 299 2697 2741
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Bev Leeuwenburg, Deborah Denice & David & Kevin, Sue Heath,
Yusuf Gantt
Visitors:
Yikes! Where do I start. Deapesh Misra was a lifer. Harry McCoy, Martha and
Steve Johnson, Lenny Friedman, Larry and Ann Cartwright, Preston Friedey,
Steve from Winchester,Mass., Nancy Walker, Ralph Wall, (this is like an
acceptance speech at the Academy Awards) Doug Graham, Lois and Sam
Shoemaker, Jon Denice, and all the others that I forgot.
Weather:
Cooler than expected. A variable breeze mostly from the west until mid
afternoon when it went a bit more east.
Raptor Observations:
Three of the Ospreys were carrying fish. One was a catfish. The species of
cat wasn't known but the white belly and whiskers were seen well. A second
Osprey had what looked like a bass sp. and the third was backlit but had a
chunky thing that looked an awful lot like a large meatball sub.
Non-raptor Observations:
People were out in force.
Predictions:
Good stuff cheap.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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