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Rpt Date: October 04, 1997
Site: Hazel Bazemore
County Park
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX
27 deg. 51.936" by 97 deg. 38.560"
Reports: Patty
Beasley (transcriber)
Counter: Joel Simon & Glenn
Swartz (Hawk Watch Int'l)
(site manned 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Aug 15-Nov 15)
Sponsors: Hawk Watch International
Support: Hawk Migration Association of
North America
Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
Species
10/04 Season
Black vulture 15
66
Turkey vulture 5
6
Osprey
6 63
Swallow-tail kite 0
7
White-tail kite 0
1
Miss. kite
5 2,798
Northern harrier 1
25
Sharp-shin hawk 43
256
Cooper's hawk 14
222
Harris' hawk 0
2
Red-shoulder hawk 3
32
Broadwing hawk 28,460
821,323
Swainson's hawk 10
177
White-tail hawk 0
2
Red-tail hawk 0
15
Zone-tail hawk 0
1 (NOTE: first of the season AND the watch history)
Rough-legged hawk 0
1
Amer. kestrel 17
123
Merlin
3 14
Peregrine falcon 3
32
Prairie falcon 1
3
Unk accipiter 22
210
Unk. buteo
0 16
Unk. falcon 0
9
Unk. raptor 6
144
Total:
28,614 825,548
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Hawk-of-the-day: Prairie falcon
Non-hawk-of-the-day: Audobon's oriole, which came right up
to the watch site to give everyone a close look. Today's was the first
recorded Audubon oriole for Hazel Bazemore Park, according to Glenn Swartz,
who has maintained a comprehensive database of Hazel Bazemore for years.
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