Date: 2/21/26 8:18 am
From: laura ceperley <ceperleylau...>
Subject: Re: PABIRDS Digest - 19 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 (#2026-34)
Laura

On Feb 21, 2026, at 12:00 AM, PABIRDS automatic digest system <LISTSERV...> wrote:

There are 3 messages totaling 162 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

1. Presque Isle Hawk Watch for February 20, 2026
2. Allegheny Front (20 Feb 2026) 1 Raptors
3. Fwd: eBird Report - Economy Borough Yard Birds, Feb 20, 2026

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:21:46 +0000
From: "<jerrymcw...>" <jerrymcw...>
Subject: Presque Isle Hawk Watch for February 20, 2026

Presque Isle
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Feb 20, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 1 1 1
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
American Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 2
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Accipitrine 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0

Total: 3 3 3
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Observation start time: 09:15:00
Observation end time: 11:15:00
Total observation time: 2 hours

Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams

Observers: Jerry McWilliams

Weather:
Moistly to variably cloudy with strong SSW wind and mild temps.

Raptor Observations:
Conditions looked good for an early season flight, so I watched the skies
for a couple of hours. No vultures as I expected, but I was treated to two
dark morph Rough-legged hawks moving east together.

Non-raptor Observations:
Canada Goose 12, Rock Pigeon 5, Mourning Dove 1, a few American Herring and
Ring-billed Gulls, American Crow 22Horned Lark 5, Red-winged Blackbird 40,
Common Grackle 6, European Starling 200

Predictions:
Turning cold with snowJerry McWilliams,Erie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:30:56 +0000
From: "Hawkcount.Org Reports" <reports...>
Subject: Allegheny Front (20 Feb 2026) 1 Raptors

Allegheny Front
Central City, Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Feb 20, 2026
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 0 0 0
BE 0 0 0
NH 0 0 0
SS 0 0 0
CH 0 0 0
AG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 0
BW 0 0 0
RT 0 0 0
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 1 1
AK 0 0 0
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 0
UB 0 0 0
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 1 1 1

Total: 1 2 2
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Observation start time: 11:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours

Official Counter: Sandy Cline

Observers: Judy Johns

Visitors:
Judy Johns


Weather:
Fogged in until almost 2 PM. Winds were wildly varible in afternoon.

Raptor Observations:
2 Red Tails cavorting in the valley below the escarpment - did not go North

Non-raptor Observations:
2 BlueBirds at nest box, crows

Predictions:
Warm & sunny with brisk WNW winds
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Report submitted by Sandy Cline (<horseldy...>)


More site information at hawkcount.org: https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=111

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:33:54 -0500
From: Karyn Delaney <delaneykaryn...>
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Economy Borough Yard Birds, Feb 20, 2026

While filling the feeders late afternoon, I heard the sound of Grackles and
found 17 in the treetops.

Karyn Delaney

Subject: eBird Report - Economy Borough, Feb 20, 2026

Economy Borough Yard Birds, Beaver, Pennsylvania, US
Feb 20, 2026 5:15 PM - 5:21 PM
Protocol: Stationary
3 species

Wild Turkey 5
Common Grackle 17 FOY
Northern Cardinal 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S302528407

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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End of PABIRDS Digest - 19 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 (#2026-34)
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