Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 11:30:00 Total observation time: 3.5 hours
Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams
Observers: Russ States
Visitors: Russ States assisted with the count.
Weather: Mostly cloudy and warm with strong south wind. Light rain arrived by mid-day.
Raptor Observations: Light flight with few TVs and mostly SS moving through as singles or groups of two and three within a few hundred yards of the lake.
Non-raptor Observations: Canada Goose 7, Mallard 4, Rock Pigeon 1, Mourning Dove 3, Killdeer 1, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Caspian Tern 2, Common Loon 1, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Great Blue Heron 5, Belted Kingfisher 1, Northern Flicker 15, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, European Starling, American Robin 2, House Finch 2, American Goldfinch 6, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, Passerine species 25
Predictions: Much cooler with west wind. Some AM clouds giving way to mostly sunny skies in the PM. A lake flight not likely. Jerry McWilliamsErie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>
