Snickers Gap Hawkwatch
Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Aug 29, 2004
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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 8 13 13
Bald Eagle 1 6 6
Northern Harrier 1 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 4 4
Cooper's Hawk 2 10 10
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 32 79 79
Red-tailed Hawk 7 12 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 3 3
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 55 129 129
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 6.25 hours
Official Counter: Joan Boudreau and Bob Abrams
Observers: BJ Westervelt, Bev Leeuwenburg, Ian Topolsky, Joe Gantt,
Jon Little, Lad Topolsky, Todd Day
Weather:
Hot humid hazy
Observations:
Adult Broadwing with radio telemetry device extending past its tail
feathers (with a white tip). Bird observed at about 10:10am today
traveling from west to east and then south with another adult Broadwing.
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Report submitted by Joan and Bob (icepeep@xxxxxxx)
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