Site:       Hazel Bazemore County Park
            Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX
            27 deg. 51.936"
            97 deg. 38.560"
            Site manned 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, CENTRAL standard time, Aug 15-Nov 15
Counters:   Joel Simon (jsimon@electrotex.com) and
            Glenn Swartz (glennswartz@worldnet.att.net)
Reports:    Patty Beasley (pbeasley@electrotex.com)
Sponsors:   Hawk Watch International
            Hawk Migration Association of North America
            Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
            Hazel Bazemore County Park
            H.E. Butt, Inc.
            Central Power & Light Company

Report Date:  August 20, 1998

Greetings all,

Joel's report from the hill for August 20, 1998:
 

Watch closed a few minutes early with rain just to the west, high winds,
and lighting.  We watched 185 Anhingas come in to the trees along the river
to the west.
 

Mississippi Kite                43
Red-shouldered Hawk      1
Swainson's Hawk          5
Red-tailed Hawk          1
White-tailed Hawk                1      Sub-adult
Unidentified Raptor      1
        Total                   52
 

Day birds from the hawk watch:
 

ANHINGA                         180
GREAT BLUE HERON                1
GREAT EGRET                     2
SNOWY EGRET                     2
GREEN HERON                     1
WHITE IBIS
WHITE-FACED IBIS                2
ROSEATE SPOONBILL               1
WOOD STORK                      7
BLACK VULTURE                   1
TURKEY VULTURE                  3
WHITE-TAILED KITE
MISSISSIPPI KITE                14
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK             2
SWAINSON'S HAWK                 1
WHITE-TAILED HAWK               2
RED-TAILED HAWK
KILLDEER                        1
BLACK-NECKED STILT              5
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
UPLAND SANDPIPER                3
WESTERN SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
LAUGHING GULL                   2
WHITE-WINGED DOVE               8
MOURNING DOVE                   3
INCA DOVE                       7
COMMON GROUND-DOVE              6
COMMON NIGHTHAWK                1
CHIMNEY SWIFT                   3
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD       1
GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER       2
LADDER-BACKED WOODPECKER        1
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER          1
BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER        1
GREAT KISKADEE                  2
COUCH'S KINGBIRD                1
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER       7
PURPLE MARTIN                   12
CAVE SWALLOW                    4
BARN SWALLOW                    9
TUFTED TITMOUSE                 1
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER           2
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD            3
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE               1
EUROPEAN STARLING               1
WHITE-EYED VIREO                2
NORTHERN CARDINAL               2
DICKCISSEL                      3
OLIVE SPARROW                   1
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE            2
BRONZED COWBIRD                 3
ORCHARD ORIOLE                  4
HOUSE SPARROW                   3
 

Glenn Swartz
Corpus Christi
glennswartz@worldnet.att.net