Res:ults for Smith Point Hawk Watch  09/06/98

Daily Total/ Season Total
Turkey Vulture   0/4
Black Vulture   0/2
Mississippi Kite   24/1170
White-Tailed Kite   2/13
Cooper's Hawk   0/24
Sharp-Shinned Hawk 0/6
Red- Tailed Hawk   0/1
Broad-Winged Hawk   43/1230
Red- Shouldered Hawk   1/22
Northern Harrier   1/17
American Kestrel   0/42
Merlin   0/2
Peregrine Falcon   0/3
Osprey   1/6
unknown accipiter   0/1
unknown hawk   1/13
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Grand total:  73 / 2628
 

This morning began with near optimal conditions for the Buteos to do
their thing.   However, the conditions deteriorated -or developed rather-
into a refreshing shower, threatening thunderheads, and a fair number of
birds and diversity.
 

        The following data are the totals from Dick Benoit's efforts prior to
the official count start date.  I am still waiting for a big group of
Swallow- Tailed Kites like Dick Witnessed: 19 in a group!  We've added
these into the totals above.
 

7/25/98
White-Tailed Kite   2

Broad-Winged Hawk   1
 

8/1/98
Northern Harrier   1

Broad-Winged Hawk   11
 

8/3/98
Swallow-Tailed Kite   19

Mississippi Kite   1

Broad- winged Hawk   16
 

8/5/98
Swallow-Tailed Kite   6

Broad-Winged Hawk   27

Red-Shouldered Hawk   2

Merlin   1
 

8/10/98
Broad- Winged Hawk   2
 

Rebecca Smith & Richard Gibbons, 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