Date: 2/2/25 9:54 am
From: Linda Wagner <lwagner342...>
Subject: WRS 321 Mercer County
WRS 321 Mercer County

Date - 1/19/2025
Observers - Linda Wagner, Carol Guba, Gloria Lamer, Roger & Margaret Higbee
Survey time (minus breaks) : 7 hrs: 14 min. (Lunch at Sheetz - 46 min.)
Start/End: 9:02 a.m. to 5:03 p.m.
Approx. Miles on route: 66.41 miles


Avg Temp.- 30.5 F (Range 24F to 37F)
Cloudy - 100%
Wind – Calm at beginning to Light (0 to 10 mph) in afternoon
Avg. Inches Snow cover - 4"

3 American Kestrel - 3 (2 males, 1 female)

25 Red-tailed Hawks -25 (22 adults; 3 undetermined)

15 Red-shouldered Hawk 15 (12 adults, 3 immatures)

2 Bald Eagles - 2 (2 Adults)

2 Cooper’s Hawk - 2 (1 Immature, 1 Adult)1

1 Short-eared Owl

Birds of Note: 1 Killdeer, 3 Wilson’s Snipe, 161 Horned Larks (six
flocks with highest counts of 60 and 55 in two of the flocks).

 
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