Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
20 Miles West of Leesburg, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 27, 2005
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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 6 166 175
Bald Eagle 6 75 85
Northern Harrier 5 36 39
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36 423 428
Cooper's Hawk 7 76 76
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 24 25
Broad-winged Hawk 129 4098 4160
Red-tailed Hawk 12 84 88
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 84 85
Merlin 1 13 13
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7
Unknown 7 35 35
Total: 215 5121 5216
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Bev Leeuwenburg
Observers: BJ Little, Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Visitors:
Bob Blakeney, Richard Taylor, Judy ? and Dennis McDowell accompanied Bev
at various points throughout the day.
Weather:
Awful, blank-blue skies all day.
Raptor Observations:
Early AM started off right - very slow later...
Non-raptor Observations:
A few skeins of Canada Geese.
Predictions:
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Report submitted by Ian Topolsky (ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx)
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