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: September 8, 1998
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Joel reports good numbers today, but most came late in the day;
they stayed an extra hour
until 6 PM.
Species
Day Season
Osprey
0 12
Swallow-tailed Kite 0
5
Mississippi Kite 0
3006
Northern Harrier 0
7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0
1
Cooper's Hawk
0 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0
24
Broad-winged Hawk 0
506
Swainson's Hawk
0 100
White-tailed Hawk 0
1
Red-tailed Hawk
1 37
American Kestrel 1
12
Peregrine Falcon 0
5
Unidentified Accip. 0
1
Unidentified Buteo 0
4
Unidentified Falcon 0
1
Unidentified Raptors 0
71
Total
2 3798
Daily reports for the various Texas hawk watches (including non-raptor day bird lists for the Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch) are archived on the Texas Hawk Watch pages of the Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi's web site at <http://www.electrotex.com/aoc/>
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Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
White Ibis
Wood Stork 7
Blue-winged Teal
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-dove
Chimney Swift
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Couch's Kingbird
Purple Martin 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Bronzed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Total species: 38