They had Red Admirals at Presque Isle today also! Excerpt below Dallas DiLeo Pittsburgh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry McWilliams" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 5:54 PM > Subject: [PABIRDS] Erie County, Presque Isle Hawk Watch for April 15, 2012 > Presque Isle > Erie, Pennsylvania, USA > Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 15, 2012 [bird list deleted] > > Observation start time: 11:00:00 > Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours > > Official Counter: Jerry McWilliams > Observers: Jerry McWilliams, Joe Sabo, Mike Weible > Weather: > Steady rain all morning then breaking up a bit by 1100 EST with temps. > holding steady all morning at 15C then rising to a high of about 25C by > mid-afternoon with strong SW wind. The wind occasioanlly shifted around > to > the NW by 1430 EST. > Non-raptor Observations: > Probably the most remarkable observation was the mass movement of Red > Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) flying SW to NE. A conservative estimate of the butterflies moving past the watch was 25 individuals per minute making the total estimate of the count around 5500 butterflies! ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]