Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1998

Report Date:  10/22/98

Glenn filed his report from "Lake Hazel Bazemore" ... rains runoff is draining into the Nueces River basin at the base of the watch hill ... quite a different view than normal!

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First half of the day was cloudy. Second half was clear. Strong north wind all day. I feel wind burned as I'm typing this report. The wind has let down now, so maybe tomorrow won't be as windy.

- Glenn Swartz

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Species.................Today...(Season-to-date)
Black Vultures..........0.......(77)
Turkey Vultures.........22......(282)
Osprey..................0.......(176)
Swallow-tailed Kite.....0.......(6)
WT/BS Kite..............0.......(4)
Mississippi Kite........0.......(3583)
No. Harrier.............1.......(169)
Sharp-shinned Hawk......10......(1119)
Cooper's Hawk...........1.......(224)
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.........2.......(6775)
................................(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.........1.......(114)
Crested Caracara........0.......(1)
Am. Kestrel.............0.......(431)
Merlin..................0.......(26)
Peregrine Falcon........0.......(157)
Prairie Falcon..........1.......(6)
Unidentified Accip......1.......(292)
Unidentified Buteo......0.......(25)
Unidentified Falcon.....0.......(36)
Unidentified Raptor.....0.......(4367)
Today's total...........39......(1,005,115)

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Glenn's dicky birds (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.):

3       Pied-billed Grebe
72      American White Pelican
1       Double-crested Cormorant
144     Anhinga
1       Great Blue Heron
115     Cattle Egret
1       Green Heron
50      Greater White-fronted Goose
2       Black Vulture
25      Turkey Vulture
3       Northern Harrier
11      Sharp-shinned Hawk
1       Cooper's Hawk
1       Red-shouldered Hawk
2       Swainson's Hawk
1       White-tailed Hawk
2       Red-tailed Hawk
1       Prairie Falcon
60      American Coot
6       Sandhill Crane
1       Greater Yellowlegs
9       Laughing Gull
2       Mourning Dove
4       Inca Dove
1       Belted Kingfisher
1       Golden-fronted Woodpecker
1       Ladder-backed Woodpecker
1       Eastern Phoebe
2       Great Kiskadee
1       Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
3       Barn Swallow
1       Carolina Wren
2       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3       Northern Mockingbird
1       White-eyed Vireo
3       Northern Cardinal
2       Lincoln's Sparrow
3       Red-winged Blackbird
2       Eastern Meadowlark
1       Great-tailed Grackle
40      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