Rpt Date:   November 14, 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)
Counters:   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
 
ONE more day to go for the official Fall 1997 Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch (it's hard to believe we're almost finished!).

SPECIES             11/14    SEASON
Black vulture       0        425
Turkey vulture      27       10,263
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     3        942
Cooper's hawk       2        415
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      1        823,655
Swainson's hawk     1        300
White-tail hawk     0        4
Red-tail hawk       3        115      (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       1        306
Unk. buteo          0        17
Unk. falcon         0        14
Unk. raptor         0        222
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Total:              38       840,216
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Other birds seen at Hazel Bazemore during the day:

Anhinga         3
G.B.Heron       1
W. Stork        3
S. Crane        29
Inca Dove       5
C. Ground-Dove  1
G.F. Woodpecker 1
L.B. Woodpecker 1
E. Phoebe       2
C. Kingbird     1
T. Titmouse     1
B.G.Gnatcatcher 1
Mockingbird     3
Y.R. Warbler    1
Cardinal        3
R.W. Blackbird  1