[va-bird] HSR: Snickers Gap (29 Oct 2005) 420 Raptors

Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 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                       1             35            241
Bald Eagle                  14             64            155
Northern Harrier             1             41             89
Sharp-shinned Hawk          68           1004           1700
Cooper's Hawk               22            210            306
Northern Goshawk             0              4              4
Red-shouldered Hawk         16             60             88
Broad-winged Hawk            0             30           6825
Red-tailed Hawk            293            842            941
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 2              7              7
American Kestrel             2             41            139
Merlin                       1             25             40
Peregrine Falcon             0              5             15
Unknown                      0             32             77

Total:                     420           2400          10627
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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:        Larry Hopson, Ralph Wall

Visitors:
Todd Day, Ian Topolsky, Joe Coleman had a bunch of folks with him, and a
bus loads of loose nuts and bolts rolled in around four o'clock. 


Weather:
Completely overcast in the first hour to completely clear in the last. The
wind from the west never stopped but never went over fifteen MPH. 

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:
18 Common Loons, 3 Double-crested Cormorants, 1000 Cedar Waxwings,
thousands of American Robins and many, many finches with one Common
Redpoll in a flock of American Goldfinches early on.

Two Welsh Corgis (a Cardigan and a Pembroke).
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)


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