Date: 4/15/26 1:27 pm
From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for April 15, 2026
Presque Isle
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 1
Turkey Vulture 4 2537 12264
Osprey 0 6 11
Bald Eagle 0 14 47
Northern Harrier 0 6 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 56 91
Cooper's Hawk 0 2 15
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 46
Broad-winged Hawk 14 64 64
Red-tailed Hawk 0 37 163
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 3
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 15 53
Merlin 0 5 7
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 3
Unknown Accipitrine 0 1 4
Unknown Buteo 0 3 10
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 1
Short-eared Owl 0 1 2

Total: 18 2751 12797
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 10:00:00
Total observation time: 1.5 hours

Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams

Observers: Jerry McWilliams

Visitors:
none


Weather:
Near carbon copy of yesterday, but the wind shifted around from the SW to
the west much sooner than yesterday. Continued unseasonably warm.

Raptor Observations:
Other than one kettle of BWs, the skies were pretty quiet.

Non-raptor Observations:
There was a good movement of Double-crested Cormorants with 130 counted.
Other birds recorded were Tree swallow, Northern Flicker, American robin,
Blue Jay, Herring and Ring-billed gull, American Crow, Brown-headeed
Cowbird, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon.

Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County, Pa.
<jerrymcw...>

 
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