Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2003
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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 1 282
Bald Eagle 2 5 148
Northern Harrier 0 5 210
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 53 1732
Cooper's Hawk 2 15 285
Northern Goshawk 1 1 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 9 95
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 11647
Red-tailed Hawk 7 45 455
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 7
American Kestrel 0 1 206
Merlin 0 1 37
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 45
Unknown 0 0 109
Total: 17 136 15267
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 0 hours
Official Counter: Larry Brindza
Observers:
Visitors:
1 visitor and 42 hikers- could possibly be a daily record, we'll check
into it.
Weather:
In Larry's own words, "Too warm, no clouds, no wind = a lousy day". Winds,
or zephyrs at best, were out of the WNW to start with but slowly wrapped
around to the E by the end of the day. The afternoon was almost a dead
calm. Skies were barren of clouds and temp topped off at 23C .
Observations:
Bald Eagle breakdown: 1 adult @ 9:54 and 1 transitional @ 3:55. Not to be
forgotten, 1 adult male Goshawk passed through at 7:39.
1 Monarch Butterfly.
Predictions:
Will Bev at least have some clouds to work with tomorrow?
"IT'S POSSIBLE", the Mysyical Head replies confidently.
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Report submitted by Ian Topolsky (ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx)
Snickers Gap Hawkwatch was established in 1990. It is located in northern
Virginia, on the Clarke and Loudoun County line. It is reached by taking VA
Route 7 to the county line, which runs atop the ridge at Snickers Gap. On the
south side of Route 7 is a commuter parking lot. The count is conducted from
there. It is a volunteer site, and is counted in fall only, from late August
until late November or early December. There are no facilities at the site, so
bring a snack, drinks, and a chair. Many of the birds can be distant, and a
scope is helpful.
As a volunteer site, we are always looking to increase our pool of
counters. We are eager to train those who have never counted, but are skilled
with hawk identification. We are also willing to pair inexperienced observers
with experienced counters. Please contact the compiler, Todd Day, at
blkvulture@xxxxxxx with any questions or if you are interested in participating
in the count.
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