Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 10, 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 8 17 17
Bald Eagle 1 9 9
Northern Harrier 5 8 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 13 18
Cooper's Hawk 1 5 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 11
Broad-winged Hawk 121 162 189
Red-tailed Hawk 1 13 16
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 4 4
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1
Unknown 6 7
Total: 149 241 285
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:30:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: The Littles, Yusuf Gantt
Visitors:
Joan Miller; Larry Hopson
Weather:
Almost perfect (almost West Virginia) cool in the am not too hot in the
afternoon.
Otherwise light west wind, hazy-clear.
Raptor Observations:
Very difficult to see the birds with the haze.
Non-raptor Observations:
Two yellow-ball-oons, some ten hummingbirds, fewer than Saturday, many
Monarch butterflies.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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