Totals for 19 August 1998/ Total to date
Osprey - 0/ 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 130/ 147
Swallow-tailed Kite - 2/ 2
Mississippi Kite - 0/ 1
Swainson's Hawk - 1/ 3
Unid Buteo - 2/ 6
Unid Raptor - 0/ 1
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for a grand total of 135/ 161
clear skies all day. clear, that is, of clouds. raptors & dragonflies
are
another story. the dragonflies far outnumbered the raptors, but
we
managed to see through, around, and past them & distinguished
one from
the other. the swallow-tailed kites were a first for both steve
(my
partner) & i --they were as stunning as i had expected. hopin'
for
another wonderful day.....
Rebecca Smith, Smith Point Hawk Watcher for the
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory http://www.nol.net/~criley
SPHW is sponsored by GCBO, Ornithology Group-ONC, TPWD, HawkWatch
Int'l.,
and the Exxon Baytown
Use of computer provided by Tx PIF, TPWD, and Compaq Computer Corp