Rpt Date:   November 05, 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
 
SPECIES             11/05    SEASON
Black vulture       0        343
Turkey vulture      82       9,757
Osprey              1        81
Swallow-tail kite   0        7
White-tail kite     0        4        (9-15, 10-24, 10-26, 11-2)
Miss. kite          0        2,965
Northern harrier    3        80
Sharp-shin hawk     5        915
Cooper's hawk       4        375
Harris' hawk        0        4        (9-20, 9-27, 10-27, 11-1)
Red-shoulder hawk   2        70       (1 Calif. morph 11-3)
Broadwing hawk      0        823,650
Swainson's hawk     2        299
White-tail hawk     0        4
Red-tail hawk       2        97       (3 Krider's subspecies)
Ferruginous hawk    0        1        (11-2)
Zone-tail hawk      0        2        (10-02, 11-2)
Rough-legged hawk   0        1        (09-27 DM)
Golden eagle        0        1        (10-27)
Caracara            0        9        (all adults so far)
Amer. kestrel       0        186
Merlin              0        25
Peregrine falcon    0        71
Prairie falcon      0        8
Unk accipiter       0        294
Unk. buteo          0        17
Unk. falcon         0        14
Unk. raptor         0        219
Total:              101      839,499
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Sorry for the dual post yesterday; didn't erase my LONG message from 11-3, and here I'd promised you it was to be short for 11-4! My only excuse is that I was up at the crack of daylight to stake out the green-breasted mango at Joel's house (got it, too, a lifer!!). I was still asleep when I posted, I guess!

Strong southerly winds on the hill again until early afternoon. The frontal passage will bring strong northerly winds today; let's see what gets hauled down in its wake ....