Totals for 01 September 1998/  Season Totals
 

Osprey   0/  5
Swallow-tailed Kite   0/  23
White-tailed Kite   1/  7
Mississippi Kite   51/  852
Northern Harrier   0/  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk   0/  3
Cooper's Hawk   5/  17
Unid. accipiter   0/  1
Red-shouldered Hawk   2/  13
Broad-winged Hawk   89/  942
Swainson's Hawk   1/  6
Unid. buteo   0/  15
American Kestrel   5/  15
Merlin   0/  1
Peregrine Falcon   0/  3
Crested Caracara   0/  1
Unid. raptor   1/  12
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GRAND TOTALS   155/  1921
 

A very blustery day atop the tower. The raptors came in fast, flying high
over our heads. We're preparing to batten down the hatches in
anticipation of TS Earl. Hopefully he will follow an alternate route so
we can continue watching the sky. Until tomorrow........Rebecca
 

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