Rpt Date:   November 07, 1997
Site:       Hazel Bazemore County Park
            Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX
            27 deg. 51.936"  by  97 deg. 38.560"
            (site manned 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Aug 15-Nov 15)
Reports:    Patty Beasley (transcriber)
Counter:    Jimmy Swartz
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             11/07    SEASON
Black vulture       31       388
Turkey vulture      367      10,292
Osprey              0        82
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        84
Sharp-shin hawk     9        931
Cooper's hawk       23       409
Harris' hawk        0        4        (9-20, 9-27, 10-27, 11-1)
Red-shoulder hawk   1        74       (1 elegans subsp. on 11-3)
Broadwing hawk      0        823,654
Swainson's hawk     0        299
White-tail hawk     0        4
Red-tail hawk       0        109      (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       3        190
Merlin              0        25
Peregrine falcon    2        74
Prairie falcon      0        8
Unk accipiter       5        305
Unk. buteo          0        17
Unk. falcon         0        14
Unk. raptor         3        222
Total:              447      840,175
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Green-breasted mango is still at Joel and Vicki's house.
Jimmy Swartz was the official counter today.