Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1998

Report Date:  10/04/98

Well, the weather re-generated overnight; more thunderboomers and storms along the flyway held traffic down one more day. Once the weather breaks, we'll see .....

Species                 Today   (Season-to-date)
Black Vultures          0       (53)
Turkey Vultures         0       (5)
Osprey                  3       (135)
Swallow-tailed Kite     0       (6)
Mississippi Kite        0       (3567)
No. Harrier             1       (93)
Sharp-shinned Hawk      5       (617)
Cooper's Hawk           0       (110)
Harris's Hawk           0       (4)
Red-shouldered Hawk     0       (33)
Broad-winged Hawk       11      (898833) (NOTE: 1 dm on 9-27)
Swainson's Hawk         1       (233) (NOTE: 1 dm on 10-3)
White-tailed Hawk       0       (3)
Red-tailed Hawk         1       (83)
Am. Kestrel             7       (226)
Merlin                  1       (23)
Peregrine Falcon        2       (122)
Prairie Falcon          1       (2)
Unidentified Accip      0       (125)
Unidentified Buteo      0       (16)
Unidentified Falcon     0       (22)
Unidentified Raptor     2       (122)
Today's total:          35      (904434)

Glenn's Day Birds:

American White Pelican............250
Anhinga..........................................1
White-faced Ibis..........................1
Black Vulture...............................2
Turkey Vulture.............................7
Osprey............................................1
White-tailed Kite..........................1
Northern Harrier.........................3
Sharp-shinned Hawk....................1
Broad-winged Hawk....................1
White-tailed Hawk.......................1
Red-tailed Hawk...........................2
American Kestrel.........................3
Killdeer..........................................1
Laughing Gull................................2
Eurasian Collared-dove............1
White-winged Dove......................13
Mourning Dove..............................1
Inca Dove........................................5
Chimney Swift................................5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.......2
Golden-fr. Woodpecker.............2
Great Kiskadee.............................2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher........1
Purple Martin................................1
Barn Swallow...............................8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher..............7
Northern Mockingbird................5
Loggerhead Shrike......................1
White-eyed Vireo..........................1
Northern Cardinal.......................2
Red-winged Blackbird.................9
Great-tailed Grackle...................3
Total Sp................................................33

We tried a new alignment experiment today on the dicky birds; don't think this one worked. Or else the alignment on the hawks is off. Ah well. Bear with us; we're always trying to find a better way to align the numbers for the most viewers. Send comments off-line, please, if any.

Keep that chocolate flowing!