Rpt Date:   November 01, 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 (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. Butt, Inc.
            Central Power & Light Company
 
WINDY! Peak gust nearly blew us off the hill, but the turkey vultures just surfed the air that much faster and kept pouring over.

Seen throughout the week, since last Sunday or so according to Joel:  approximately 100 sandhill cranes per day through yesterday. Only a few today.

SPECIES             DAY      SEASON
Black vulture       133      313
Turkey vulture      1,978    9,437
Osprey              0        80
Swallow-tail kite   0        7
White-tail kite     0        3        (9-15, 10-24, 10-26)
Miss. kite          0        2,965
Northern harrier    1        67
Sharp-shin hawk     34       866
Cooper's hawk       4        357
Harris' hawk        1        4        (9-20, 9-27, 10-27, 11-1)
Red-shoulder hawk   2        59
Broadwing hawk      0        823,647
Swainson's hawk     1        295
White-tail hawk     0        4
Red-tail hawk       16       71       (3 Krider's subspecies)
Zone-tail hawk      0        1        (10-02)
Rough-legged hawk   0        1        (09-27)
Golden eagle        0        1        (10-27)
Caracara            1        9        (all adults so far)
Amer. kestrel       4        185
Merlin              0        25
Peregrine falcon    1        69
Prairie falcon      0        8
Unk accipiter       11       284
Unk. buteo          0        17
Unk. falcon         0        14
Unk. raptor         3        214
Total:              2,190    839,003
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OTHER species observed over/at the watch site:  14 anhingas; 9 sandhill cranes; 1 blue-gray gnatcatcher; approx. 100+ monarchs per hour.

NOT seen over the hawk watch site, but still of interest for the area:

    23 whooping cranes now arrived in and near Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
    (as of 10-31-97). Stay updated through our Whooping Crane home page at:
    http://www.electrotex.com/aoc/WhoopCrane97/Whoopers97.htm