Totals for 23 August 1998/ Season totals
 

Osprey 0/ 2
Swallow-tailed Kite 6/ 10
White-tailed Kite 0/ 2
Mississippi Kite 1/ 178
Broad-winged Hawk 20/ 245
Swainson's Hawk 0/ 3
Unid. buteo 1/ 7
Peregrine Falcon 1/ 1
Crested Caracara 0/ 1
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GRAND TOTAL 29/ 449
 

The weather was far from ideal today -rain throughout the day kept us
running up and down the watchtower steps seeking shelter from
precipitation & some lightning. The Swallow-tailed Kites graced us & our
visitors with their presence several times. One group of three was
particularly stunning as it flew in almost overhead. Not a lot else was
happening out there. until tomorrow....
 

Rebecca Smith & Steve Seibel, Smith Point Hawk Watchers 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

NON-RAPTORS:

From: "Cecilia M. Riley" <criley@NOL.NET>
Subject:      [TEXBIRDS] SPHW Non-Raptor Migrants
To: TEXBIRDS@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
X-UIDL: 8004ef53af72f79e89be2e4da65f9395
 

Today (Sunday 8/23/98) was a wet one for the Smith Point Hawk Watch,
however there was a decent raptor count as posted earlier by Hawk Watcher
Rebecca Smith. There were also notable non-raptor migrants counted between
the hours of 11am-4 pm despite the almost continuous showers.
 

Magnificent Frigatebird         6
White Ibis                      15
Fulvous Whistling Duck          16
Yellow-billed Cuckoo            1
Great-crested Flycatcher        3
Eastern Kingbird                2
Purple Martin                   30
Cliff Swallow                   12
Barn Swallow                    45
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher           25
Blue Grosbeak                   14
Orchard Oriole                  25

A special thanks to the seven hearty visitors/assistant counters to the
tower today. More eyes make for better counts especially when the skies are
overcast!