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Date: 4/8/26 8:24 am From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for April 8, 2026
Presque Isle Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 1 Turkey Vulture 17 1859 11586 Osprey 0 4 9 Bald Eagle 0 2 35 Northern Harrier 0 0 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 10 45 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 14 American Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 44 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 0 11 137 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 1 American Kestrel 0 6 44 Merlin 0 0 2 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 2 Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 3 Unknown Buteo 0 0 7 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 1 Short-eared Owl 0 0 1 Total: 17 1894 11940 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 09:30:00 Total observation time: 1 hours Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams Observers: Jerry McWilliams Visitors: Brian Berchtold Weather: Clear skies, light variable winds, quite cold. Raptor Observations: Not very favorable conditions with light variable winds only a handful of TVs moving in singles drifting slow past then sometimes circ ling back. Only one local Cooper's hawk. Non-raptor Observations: Common Loon 1, Double-crested Cormorant 20, Northern Flicker 3, Common Grackle and Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, European Starling, American Crow Predictions: Better conditions with strong southern winds with the possibility of afternoon showers.Jerry McWilliamsErie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>

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