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 9, 1998

Today's hawk watch is dedicated to our latest visitor, TS Frances (spelling?
who cares!). She's got raptors tucked down and under cover. Joel reports a
rainout early in the day after two Swainson's screamed by at eye level
ahead of the first squalls. He reopened in the afternoon, but no joy. Another big
day of two for today's count:

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         2       102
White-tailed Hawk       0       1
Red-tailed Hawk         0       37
American Kestrel        0       12
Peregrine Falcon        0       5
Unidentified Accip.     0       1
Unidentified Buteo      0       4
Unidentified Falcon     0       1
Unidentified Raptors    0       71
Total                   2       3800
 

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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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Day birds pretty scarce, too, but here they are. Good count on anhingas,
considering the weather: