Date: 3/26/26 12:18 pm From: SCOTT WEIDENSAUL <000001343b2dd726-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for March 26, 2026
Jerry,
Um, just how thorough was that tick search? I’m trying to avoid certain mental images…
Scott Weidensaul
Milton, NH (formerly Schuylkill Co.)
> On Mar 26, 2026, at 2:20 PM, <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Presque Isle
> Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
> Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 26, 2026
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>
> Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
> ------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 1 1
> Turkey Vulture 989 5747 5750
> Osprey 0 1 1
> Bald Eagle 3 27 30
> Northern Harrier 0 1 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 18 18
> Cooper's Hawk 0 10 11
> American Goshawk 0 0 0
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1 41 41
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
> Red-tailed Hawk 9 105 110
> Rough-legged Hawk 0 1 3
> Golden Eagle 0 1 1
> American Kestrel 1 22 22
> Merlin 0 1 1
> Peregrine Falcon 1 2 2
> Unknown Accipitrine 1 2 2
> Unknown Buteo 0 7 7
> Unknown Falcon 0 1 1
> Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
> Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
> Short-eared Owl 0 1 1
>
> Total: 1010 5989 6003
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>
> Observation start time: 08:00:00
> Observation end time: 12:00:00
> Total observation time: 4 hours
>
> Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams
>
> Observers: Julie Leonard
>
> Visitors:
> Julie Leonard assisted with the count. Only one visitor, a police officer
> stopping by for us to give him a tick search since he picked 13 off of his
> clothes while doing an on-duty search in a grassy area.
>
>
> Weather:
> Clear becoming cloudy with SW wind early switching around to the WNW by
> 1000 hours EST. Unseasonably warm.
>
> Raptor Observations:
> Conditions were good early then deteriorating through the morning as the
> wind shifted to a lake breeze pushing the vulture flight inland at a much
> higher altitude. Still very few hawks. One local Cooper's Hawk
>
> Non-raptor Observations:
> Great Blue heron 2, Northern Flicker 8, Double-crested Cormorant 4, Eastern
> Phoebe 1, Killdeer 1, Tree Swallow 1, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird,
> Brown-headed Cowbird, American Robin, Blue Jay 2, Rock Pigeon 2, Mourning
> Dove, European Starling, Ring-billed and Herring gulls.
>
> Predictions:
> Much colder with clouds in the AM then clearing, but with NNE wind. No
> lakeshore flight likelyJerry McWilliamsErie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>
