Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1998

Report Date:  10/21/98

Windy and cold on the hill, and low clouds all day, but no rain. Glenn says he actually did get a hawk today. Good thing; it was the only one! Cold front moved through the area. Nueces River rising again from storm runoff of last weekend.

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Species.................Today...(Season-to-date)
Black Vultures..........0.......(77)
Turkey Vultures.........0.......(260)
Osprey..................0.......(176)
Swallow-tailed Kite.....0.......(6)
WT/BS Kite..............0.......(4)
Mississippi Kite........0.......(3583)
No. Harrier.............1.......(168)
Sharp-shinned Hawk......0.......(1109)
Cooper's Hawk...........0.......(223)
Harris's Hawk...........0.......(5)
Red-shouldered Hawk.....0.......(38)
Broad-winged Hawk.......0.......(987199)
................................(NOTE: 1 dm on 9-27, 13 on 10-8)
................................(NOTE: 184 dm on 10-9!)
................................(NOTE: 15 dm on 10-10!)
Swainson's Hawk.........0.......(6773)
................................(NOTE: 1 dm on 10-3
................................(NOTE: 1 choc morph 10-7)
................................(NOTE: 1 dm on 10-9)
White-tailed Hawk.......0.......(3)
Red-tailed Hawk.........0.......(113)
Crested Caracara........0.......(1)
Am. Kestrel.............0.......(431)
Merlin..................0.......(26)
Peregrine Falcon........0.......(157)
Prairie Falcon..........0.......(5)
Unidentified Accip......0.......(291)
Unidentified Buteo......0.......(25)
Unidentified Falcon.....0.......(36)
Unidentified Raptor.....0.......(4367)
Today's total...........1.......(1,005,076)

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Glenn's dicky birds for 10/21 (by the by, when you see raptors on the day list that don't seem to match with those posted on the hawk watch list, it's because the park's resident raptors are being logged on the day bird list, if sighted. Residents are not logged on the official hawk watch list, only the migrants.):

1       Pied-billed Grebe
14      Anhinga
2       Snowy Egret
100+    Cattle Egret
2       Black-crowned Night-heron
18      Wood Stork
17      Turkey Vulture
3       Northern Harrier
1       Sharp-shinned Hawk
1       Red-shouldered Hawk
1       Red-tailed Hawk
1       American Kestrel
60      American Coot
3       Inca Dove
3       Chimney Swift
1       Belted Kingfisher
2       Great Kiskadee
500+    Barn Swallow
1       Carolina Wren
2       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1       Northern Mockingbird
1       White-eyed Vireo
2       Northern Cardinal
2       Great-tailed Grackle
24      Total Sp.

Glenn Swartz
Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi
Database Compiler
Thanks to my provider; Electrotex Inc.
Email: gswartz@electrotex.com

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Keep that chocolate flowing!

- Patty, Joel and Glenn