The following birds of note were reported this week from Presque Isle S.P., unless noted otherwise.
Erie, erie County, Pa. Hawk Watch Report
Presque Isle Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 16, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 110 468 468 Osprey 0 0 0 Bald Eagle 0 8 8 Northern Harrier 0 2 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 3 3 Cooper's Hawk 0 9 9 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 17 17 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 4 86 86 Rough-legged Hawk 0 3 3 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 0 3 3 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 1 1 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 0 0 Total: 115 600 600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 13:00:00 Total observation time: 3 hours Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams Observers: Jerry McWilliams, Roger Donn Visitors: Bob Grubbs Weather: Variably cloudy with light snow showers the first hour. Brisk NE wind with temps. reaching only 19 F. Raptor Observations: Because of the weather conditions, I wasn't expecting much to happen today. However, there was a brief movement of TVs beginning at 1020 and ending at 1220 standard time. All birds were flying low and staying close to the lake shore. Only five hawks, one was an immature Red-shouldered Hawk with most of the secondaries missing in one wing. Roger Donn assisted with the count Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose--110, American Crow--50+, and a Glaucous Gull circling high overhead with about 20 Herring Gulls. Predictions: Only slightly warmer. I think it is safe to say we won't be needing the clickers tomorrow. Jerry McWilliams Erie, Erie County, Pa. Comments are closed.
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