Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 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 32 202
Bald Eagle 2 58 186
Northern Harrier 4 45 121
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 555 1016
Cooper's Hawk 3 100 169
Northern Goshawk 0 3 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 23 44
Broad-winged Hawk 0 51 6669
Red-tailed Hawk 27 201 304
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 4 4
American Kestrel 0 26 138
Merlin 12 28 42
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 26
Unknown 1 28 69
Total: 87 1158 8994
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: Yusuf Gantt
Visitors:
Mark and Brabbla Hoffman, Tish Tyson and Mark Gionet.
Weather:
The wind stayed east all day. We got rained out at 4:00 PM.
Raptor Observations:
Twelve Merlins was a nice number and a nice surprise.
Non-raptor Observations:
Ten Northern Ravens in one flock. Half a dozen Tree Swallows. One DC
Cormorant.
Predictions:
Tomorrow will be good.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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