Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 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 0 32 238
Bald Eagle 3 24 115
Northern Harrier 1 19 67
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 550 1246
Cooper's Hawk 11 90 186
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 7 35
Broad-winged Hawk 0 29 6824
Red-tailed Hawk 22 134 233
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 34 132
Merlin 0 13 28
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 15
Unknown 8 16 61
Total: 83 955 9182
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Bev Leeuwenburg
Observers: BJ Westervelt, Jen Folts, Ralph Wall
Visitors:
From what I can discern from Bev's chicken-scratch (sorry, my dear) Sandy
Holton? and Marge Gayle? joined a few of the usual suspects.
Weather:
Winds were out of the WSW for the entirety of the day, starting off at 2
Beaufort and climbing to 4-6 after the second hour of observation.
Cloudcover did not follow suit. 60% for starters, dropping to nada by
the second hour.
Temp topped off in the low 70's.
Raptor Observations:
Nothing fancy, just the essentials.
Bald Eagle breakdown: All adult birds (1 in the 11 o' clock hour, 2 in
the following hour).
None of the Osprey we DIDN'T see were packing a lunch...
Non-raptor Observations:
Nothing of note.
Predictions:
I will have 109 Sharp-shinneds and this report will be a day late...
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Report submitted by Ian Topolsky (ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx)
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