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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