Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 28, 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 34 240
Bald Eagle 2 50 141
Northern Harrier 0 40 88
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 936 1632
Cooper's Hawk 2 188 284
Northern Goshawk 0 4 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 44 72
Broad-winged Hawk 0 30 6825
Red-tailed Hawk 17 549 648
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 5 5
American Kestrel 0 39 137
Merlin 0 24 39
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 15
Unknown 0 32 77
Total: 25 1980 10207
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Jesse Fulton
Observers:
Visitors:
None
Weather:
Dark clouds and rain early gave way to blue sky.
Raptor Observations:
Non-raptor Observations:
The big moment came when the old DEUCE (the 1 ton army dump truck) left the
parking lot. No they didn't go down the mountain, they went up (well after
4 tries) the mountain in first gear on full power (petal to the floor).
And o yea she was fully loaded.
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Report submitted by Jesse Fulton (zeagles@xxxxxxx)
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