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Coastal Bend Hawk Watch, Fall 1997

Rpt Date:   November 13, 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:    Glenn 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
 
No migrating hawks again today. Only residents.

SPECIES             11/13    SEASON
Black vulture       0        425
Turkey vulture      0        10,373    (TV's headed NORTH, sted south!)
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    0        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:              0        840,178
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Other birds seen at Hazel Bazemore during the day:

PIED-BILLED GREBE              1
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT            3
ANHINGA                        1
GREAT BLUE HERON               1
GREAT EGRET                    1
SNOWY EGRET                    1
WHITE IBIS                     2
ROSEATE SPOONBILL              4
SNOW GOOSE                     22
GREEN-WINGED TEAL              30
NORTHERN SHOVELER              11
HOODED MERGANSER               1
TURKEY VULTURE                 5
COOPER'S HAWK                  1
RED-TAILED HAWK                1
CRESTED CARACARA               1
AMERICAN KESTREL               1
SANDHILL CRANE                 12
KILLDEER                       1
AMERICAN AVOCET                8
LESSER YELLOWLEGS              1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER              1
LONG-BILLED CURLEW             2
MOURNING DOVE                  3
INCA DOVE                      6
COMMON GROUND-DOVE             1
WHITE-TIPPED DOVE              1
GREATER ROADRUNNER             1
BELTED KINGFISHER              1
GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER      1
LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER       1
EASTERN PHOEBE                 1
GREAT KISKADEE                 2
GREEN JAY                      3
CAROLINA WREN                  2
HOUSE WREN                     4
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET           3
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER          3
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD           6
BROWN THRASHER                 1
LONG-BILLED THRASHER           1
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE              1
WHITE-EYED VIREO               1
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER         2
NORTHERN CARDINAL              9
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD           20
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE           20


Corpus Christi Audubon Outdoor Club Home Page:
 http://www.electrotex.com/aoc/index.htm
Coastal Bend Hawk Watch Home Page:
 http://www.electrotex.com/aoc/Hawk97Intro.htm
Whooping Cranes '97 Home Page:
 http://www.electrotex.com/aoc/WhoopCrane97/whoopers97.htm


Questions or comments on this report to Patty Beasley at pbeasley@electrotex.com.