Date: 3/26/26 2:19 pm From: Rob Blye <rwblye...> Subject: Re: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for March 26, 2026
My record for picking ticks off my body and clothes is 26. I was not
assisted in any way by either my male or female colleagues. That was in the
mid 1970s in Chester County, PA.
*better living through birds*
*Rob*
Robert W. Blye
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 3:18 PM SCOTT WEIDENSAUL <
<000001343b2dd726-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> 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
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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...>
>
