Rpt Date:   October 22, 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
            H.E. Butts, Inc.
            Central Power & Light Company

Low cloud cover all day and spotty rain all over area (mostly enough to only mess up the windshield of your car) kept birds low. You'll notice there are no black or turkey vultures on today's report. That's not exactly accurate.  Okay .... now .... we're not quite sure what's going on .... but today Joel reports a reverse migration of turkey vultures! He says groups of turkey vultures passed overhead all day long, some in groups of 100+. But, they were all going the wrong way!! So, until those north-bound birds head back south again and keep going, they'll not make the count. Never a dull moment! ....