Rpt Date:   November 11, 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:    Joel Simon
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             11/11    SEASON
Black vulture       7        425
Turkey vulture      0        10,373
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    2        88
Sharp-shin hawk     0        939
Cooper's hawk       0        413
Harris' hawk        0        5        (9-20, 9-27, 10-27, 11-1, 11-9)
Red-shoulder hawk   0        75       (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        112      (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        190
Merlin              0        25
Peregrine falcon    0        74
Prairie falcon      0        8
Unk accipiter       0        305
Unk. buteo          0        17
Unk. falcon         0        14
Unk. raptor         0        222
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Total:              9        840,178
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VERY Blustery day; north winds blew tops off the hills and kept counters hunkered down in vehicles against the cold. Migrating raptors were kept to a minimum. So much so that Joel recorded 137 turkey vultures going the WRONG way, heading NORTH instead of south. Scratch those from the totals, says Joel; they'll go back on again if they pass him going the right direction next time!

Congratulations to Smith Point for posting their eagles, and some really interesting counts for this weekend!

Quickie note unrelated to hawk watch; the green-breasted mango appears to have better sense than the vultures, and headed south. Not seen at the Simon's house all day Sunday (11/09) or Monday (11/10); the stakeout has been officially called off.

One more quickie non-hawk watch note:  145 whooping cranes (including 6 chicks) now arrived at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, as of this weekend. Keep up with the whoopers as they arrive via our web page; address below: