Date: 3/3/25 8:36 am
From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for March 3, 2025
Presque Isle
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 03, 2025
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 19 19 19
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 1
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 20 20 20
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours

Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams

Observers:

Visitors:
My wife Linda stopped by for a short visit.


Weather:
Mostly clear and cold with SW wind early then becoming westerly

Raptor Observations:
A bit of push of vultures the first hour then with the wind shift to the
west only one vulture and a migrant red-tail the second hour. One local
red-tail and an adult Bald Eagle.

Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jay-4, American Crow-36, Red-winged Blackbird-25, European
Starling-10, Rock Pigeon-13, Herring/Ring-billed Gull-7, Canada Goose-2,
Passerine-7

Predictions:
Overcast with south wind with a high of 53 F. Hopefully the wind will hold
out of the south and bring in a few more birds.Jerry McWilliamsErie, Erie Co., <a.jerrymcw...>

 
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