Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 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 0 1 204
Bald Eagle 0 33 260
Northern Harrier 0 32 172
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 69 1293
Cooper's Hawk 0 20 223
Northern Goshawk 1 2 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 36 92
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 6669
Red-tailed Hawk 5 516 1138
Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 22
American Kestrel 0 0 140
Merlin 0 1 54
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 27
Unknown 30 111
Total: 6 749 10412
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 14:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Larry Brindza
Observers:
Visitors:
Two truck drivers wondering what I was doing.
Weather:
After light WNW winds between 8:00 and 9:00 the winds changed to NW winds
for the rest of the count period. Cloud cover was 100% for most of the day
with the exception of an hour and a half between 9 and 11:00 when there was
a 20% blue sky with sunshine. Temperatures ranged from 2 to 4 degrees C.
Raptor Observations:
The 20% blue sky "window" between 9:00 and 11:00 was when today's raptors
made an appearance.
Non-raptor Observations:
36 Cedar Waxwings resting for about 15 minutes before resuming their
flight.
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Report submitted by Larry Brindza (ljbrindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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