[va-bird] HSR: Snickers Gap (23 Oct 2006) 204 Raptors

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  • Date: 23 Oct 2006 18:10:20 -0400


Snickers Gap
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 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                       1             33            203
Bald Eagle                   9             67            195
Northern Harrier             7             52            128
Sharp-shinned Hawk          94            649           1110
Cooper's Hawk               11            111            180
Northern Goshawk             0              3              4
Red-shouldered Hawk          3             26             47
Broad-winged Hawk            0             51           6669
Red-tailed Hawk             65            266            369
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              4              4
American Kestrel             0             26            138
Merlin                       8             36             50
Peregrine Falcon             1              5             27
Unknown                      5             33             74

Total:                     204           1362           9198
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Observation start time: 09:00:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter: Bob Abrams

Observers:        BJ Little, Gwen Gantt, Yusuf Gantt

Visitors:
None except for a man that has been sleeping in his car for the last four
nights at the north end of the parking lot. He wakes up mid morning and
drives off.


Weather:
This is more like it. Cold, windy and clouds the color of wet slate. 

Raptor Observations:
Beauty of the day was a brilliant, sunlit Osprey with black clouds swirling
behind it. 

Non-raptor Observations:
Ten Tree Swallows
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)


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