Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1998

Report Date:  10/23/98

Glenn reports "Lake Hazel Bazemore" is no more ... rains runoff slowing into the Nueces River basin at the base of the watch hill ...

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Clear skies, north wind, no more lake, hawks high and fast.

- Glenn Swartz

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Species.................Today...(Season-to-date)
Black Vultures..........0.......(77)
Turkey Vultures.........77......(359)
Osprey..................0.......(176)
Swallow-tailed Kite.....0.......(6)
WT/BS Kite..............0.......(4)
Mississippi Kite........0.......(3583)
No. Harrier.............0.......(169)
Sharp-shinned Hawk......16......(1135)
Cooper's Hawk...........4.......(228)
Harris's Hawk...........0.......(5)
Red-shouldered Hawk.....0.......(38)
Broad-winged Hawk.......16......(987215)
................................(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.......(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.........0.......(114)
Crested Caracara........0.......(1)
Am. Kestrel.............2.......(433)
Merlin..................0.......(26)
Peregrine Falcon........1.......(158)
Prairie Falcon..........0.......(6)
Unidentified Accip......2.......(294)
Unidentified Buteo......0.......(25)
Unidentified Falcon.....0.......(37)
Unidentified Raptor.....0.......(4366)
Today's total...........118.....(1,005,233)

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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.):

130     American White Pelican
1       Double-crested Cormorant
1       Anhinga
1       Great Egret
1       Snowy Egret
1       Tricolored Heron
92      Greater White-fronted Goose
81      Turkey Vulture
1       Osprey
1       White-tailed Kite
2       Northern Harrier
10      Sharp-shinned Hawk
3       Cooper's Hawk
1       Red-shouldered Hawk
9       Broad-winged Hawk
1       White-tailed Hawk
1       Red-tailed Hawk
2       American Kestrel
1       Peregrine Falcon
3       Laughing Gull
3       Inca Dove
1       Belted Kingfisher
1       Golden-fronted Woodpecker
1       Ladder-backed Woodpecker
1       Eastern Phoebe
1       Great Kiskadee
1       Couch's Kingbird
1       Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
30      Barn Swallow
1       Carolina Wren
1       House Wren
1       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1       Gray Catbird
3       Northern Mockingbird
1       European Starling
1       White-eyed Vireo
1       Orange-crowned Warbler
2       Northern Cardinal
7       Red-winged Blackbird
3       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