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Date: 2/20/26 10:21 am From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Presque Isle Hawk Watch for February 20, 2026
Presque Isle Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Feb 20, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 2 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: 3 3 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:15:00 Observation end time: 11:15:00 Total observation time: 2 hours Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams Observers: Jerry McWilliams Weather: Moistly to variably cloudy with strong SSW wind and mild temps. Raptor Observations: Conditions looked good for an early season flight, so I watched the skies for a couple of hours. No vultures as I expected, but I was treated to two dark morph Rough-legged hawks moving east together. Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose 12, Rock Pigeon 5, Mourning Dove 1, a few American Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, American Crow 22Horned Lark 5, Red-winged Blackbird 40, Common Grackle 6, European Starling 200 Predictions: Turning cold with snowJerry McWilliams,Erie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>

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