Date: 3/27/26 3:25 pm From: Russ States <pelagics202...> Subject: Re: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for March 26, 2026
I had 112 at PISP some years ago
On Thursday, March 26, 2026, Lee Simpson <
<0000013640a8a13a-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> I have never gotten as many ticks as I did at Presque Isle some years
> ago!! It was Epic!Lee Simpson, Berks Co.
> On Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 12:18:31 PM MST, 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...>
>
>
