Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1998

Report Date:  10/24/98

Glenn reports keeping the weather was rough today. Every hour the sky was completely different.  During the last two hours of the watch the sky was 100% overcast with heavy rain clouds. So far it hasn't rained but looks like it sure wants to. From 12 pm to 1pm (watch time) was the best hour today, with a total of 52 birds. 29 of them were TVs.

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Species.................Today...(Season-to-date)
Black Vultures..........0.......(77)
Turkey Vultures.........39......(398)
Osprey..................0.......(176)
Swallow-tailed Kite.....0.......(6)
WT/BS Kite..............2.......(6)
Mississippi Kite........0.......(3,583)
No. Harrier.............1.......(170)
Sharp-shinned Hawk......25......(1,160)
Cooper's Hawk...........7.......(235)
Harris's Hawk...........0.......(5)
Red-shouldered Hawk.....0.......(38)
Broad-winged Hawk.......3.......(987,218)
................................(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.........4.......(6,779)
................................(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.......(435)
Merlin..................1.......(27)
Peregrine Falcon........1.......(159)
Prairie Falcon..........0.......(6)
Unidentified Accip......4.......(298)
Unidentified Buteo......0.......(25)
Unidentified Falcon.....0.......(37)
Unidentified Raptor.....2.......(4,368)
Today's total...........91......(1,005,324)

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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.):

1       Double-crested Cormorant
60      Anhinga
15      Cattle Egret
16      White Ibis
5       White-faced Ibis
5       Wood Stork
54      Greater White-fronted Goose
9       Northern Shoveler
2       Black Vulture
39      Turkey Vulture
2       White-tailed Kite
2       Northern Harrier
15      Sharp-shinned Hawk
2       Cooper's Hawk
2       Red-shouldered Hawk
3       Broad-winged Hawk
3       Swainson's Hawk
3       Red-tailed Hawk
1       American Kestrel
1       Merlin
1       Peregrine Falcon
15      Sandhill Crane
1       Killdeer
1       Greater Yellowlegs
1       Whimbrel
5       Laughing Gull
3       White-winged Dove
2       Inca Dove
1       Common Ground-dove
1       Belted Kingfisher
2       Golden-fronted Woodpecker
1       Eastern Phoebe
2       Great Kiskadee
1       Couch's Kingbird
40      Barn Swallow
1       Blue Jay
1       Carolina Wren
1       House Wren
2       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3       Northern Mockingbird
1       Loggerhead Shrike
1       White-eyed Vireo
2       Northern Cardinal
40      Red-winged Blackbird
2       Great-tailed Grackle
45      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