Report Date:  09/15/98

A slower day than yesterday. By mid-afternoon rain to the north and northwest
of us put a stop to the hawks. At 2 pm. Joel and I were sitting watching the
rain all round us, when pow! we were getting wet. After a half hour of a light
shower, we picked up a few more broadwings for the day count.

On the drive home (both of our houses or less than mile as the crow flies from
the site) it started pouring cats and dogs.

If the weathermen are right, it looks like I'll be rained tomorrow. Only time
will tell.

Oh! First Caracara for the fall.

-- Glenn

Species         today   (season-to-date)
Osprey                  1       (17)
Mississippi Kite        9       (3341)
No. Harrier             5       (20)
Sharp-shinned Hawk      0       (1)
Cooper's Hawk           0       (4)
Harris's Hawk           0       (2)
Red-shouldered Hawk     0       (26)
Broad-winged Hawk       196     (1295)
Swainson's Hawk         3       (138)
White-tailed Hawk       0       (2)
Red-tailed Hawk         0       (40)
Am. Kestrel             4       (29)
Merlin                  0       (2)
Peregrine Falcon        0       (10)
Prairie Falcon          0       (0)
Unidentified Accip      0       (3)
Unidentified Buteo      2       (8)
Unidentified Falcon     0       (3)
Unidentified Raptor     1       (81)
Today's total:          221     (5027)
 

Other birds seen at the watch:

American White Pelican  40
Anhinga                 40
Tricolored Heron        1
Cattle Egret            35
White-Faced Ibis        13
Roseate Spoonbill       3
Wood Stork              37
Northern Pintail        15
Blue-Winged Teal        8
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture          2
White-Tailed Kite       1
Red-Shouldered Hawk     2
White-Tailed Hawk       1
Red-Tailed Hawk         1
Crested Caracara        1
Killdeer                1
Laughing Gull           3
Caspian Tern            2
Royal Tern              2
Forster's Tern          1
Black Tern              8
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
White-Winged Dove       4
Mourning Dove           3
Inca Dove               14
Common Ground-Dove      2
Groove-Billed Ani       4
Common Nighthawk        1
Chimney Swift           3
Buff-Bellied Hummingbird        1
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird       2
Golden-Fronted Woodpecker       1
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker        12
Brown-Crested Flycatcher        1
Great Kiskadee          1
Couch's Kingbird        1
Eastern Kingbird        2
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher       2
Purple Martin           6
Barn Swallow            1
Carolina Wren           1
Northern Mockingbird    5
Loggerhead Shrike       2
European Starling       8
White-Eyed Vireo        1
Northern Cardinal       3
Painted Bunting         1
Olive Sparrow           1
Great-Tailed Grackle    40
Bronzed Cowbird         20
Orchard Oriole          1
Total                   58

Glenn Swartz
Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch
Corpus Christi
glennswartz@worldnet.att.net