Date: 4/19/24 10:01 am
From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for April 19, 2024
Presque Isle
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 19, 2024
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 1
Turkey Vulture 5 5417 10934
Osprey 0 8 16
Bald Eagle 0 19 59
Northern Harrier 0 13 24
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 207 236
Cooper's Hawk 2 11 23
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 6 108
Broad-winged Hawk 1 8673 8673
Red-tailed Hawk 1 31 202
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 1 83 109
Merlin 0 2 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 2 4
Unknown Accipiter 1 3 5
Unknown Buteo 0 4 27
Unknown Falcon 0 0 3
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 2 3

Total: 18 14482 20439
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 2 hours

Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams

Observers:

Visitors:
none


Weather:
Cloudy with SW wind early becoming westerly in the second half the second
hour. Very dense low clouds rolled in off the lake after 1030 EST with
falling temps.

Raptor Observations:
Singles passing overhead sporadically, but numbers low as expected with the
heavy cloud cover.

Non-raptor Observations:
Chimney Swift 1, Tree Swallows, Barn Swallow 1, hundreds of blackbirds with
many cowbirds among them, Canada Goose, Great Blue Heron 2, American Crow,
numerous Northern Flickers, European Starling, Herring and Ring-billed
Gull, American Goldfinch

Predictions:
Intervals of clouds and sun and cold with strong west wind. A flight not
expected.Jerry McWilliamsErie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>

 
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