Report Date:  11/02/98

Perfect weather for hawk watching today; for anything, actually. Nice and cool and DRY (driness being a real boon any time down here on the Texas coast!). Tomorrow should be just as nice; so the weather forecasters say!

Glenn says raptors were a tad slow, though the TV's came through in nice numbers. Still a few straggler broadies and Swainson's about; Smith Point's been getting some every so often as well.

The best birds of the day might be the dual sightings of blue jays AND green jays at the watch! Not at the same time, but during the same watch day. For two species that seldom cross paths, that is one nice log entry for the day; way to go, Glenn! Nice day bird list, too (or "dickie birds" as we call 'em down here).

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Species.................Today...(Season-to-date)
Black Vultures..........13......(124)
Turkey Vultures.........893.....(4,667)
Osprey..................1.......(179)
Swallow-tailed Kite.....0.......(6)
WT/BS Kite..............0.......(6)
Mississippi Kite........0.......(3,583)
Bald Eagle..............0.......(2)
No. Harrier.............4.......(177)
Sharp-shinned Hawk......17......(1,189)
Cooper's Hawk...........3.......(248)
Harris's Hawk...........0.......(5)
Red-shouldered Hawk.....0.......(38)
Broad-winged Hawk.......1.......(987,221)
................................(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.......(6,782)
................................(NOTE: 1 dm on 10-3
................................(NOTE: 1 choc morph 10-7)
................................(NOTE: 1 dm on 10-9)
White-tailed Hawk.......1.......(5)
Red-tailed Hawk.........1.......(120)
Crested Caracara........0.......(1)
Am. Kestrel.............2.......(438)
Merlin..................0.......(29)
Peregrine Falcon........1.......(161)
Prairie Falcon..........0.......(6)
Unidentified Accip......10......(314)
Unidentified Buteo......0.......(25)
Unidentified Falcon.....0.......(37)
Unidentified Raptor.....1.......(4,369)
Today's total...........949.....(1,009,732)

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Glenn's dicky birds ... (day bird list of what Glenn himself sees at the watch and the park; includes resident raptors which do not appear on the migration hawk watch counts):

108 American White Pelican
19 Anhinga
1 Great Egret
1 Snowy Egret
2 Tricolored Heron
4 White Ibis
3 Roseate Spoonbill
5 Greater White-fronted Goose
1 Snow Goose
4 Blue-winged Teal
18 Black Vulture
700+ Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
1 White-tailed Kite
6 Northern Harrier
15 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Broad-winged Hawk
1 Swainson's Hawk
3 White-tailed Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Crested Caracara
4 American Kestrel
1 Peregrine Falcon
10 American Coot
35 Sandhill Crane
2 Killdeer
1 Long-billed Curlew
13 Laughing Gull
40 White-winged Dove
3 Inca Dove
1 Barred Owl
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Golden-fronted Woodpecker
1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
3 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Kiskadee
1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
7 Barn Swallow
1 Blue Jay
3 Green Jay
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Carolina Wren
3 House Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
11 Northern Mockingbird
1 Loggerhead Shrike
5 European Starling
4 White-eyed Vireo
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Great-tailed Grackle
55 Total Sp

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Keep that chocolate flowing!