Totals for 21 September 1998/   Season Totals

Turkey Vulture   0/  4
Black Vulture   0/  2
Osprey   0/  13
Swallow-tailed Kite   0/  57
White-tailed Kite   0/  18
Mississippi Kite   9/  1815
Northern Harrier   4/  47
Sharp-shinned Hawk   82/  342
Cooper'ps Hawk   25/  134
Unid. Accipiter   24/  65
Red-shouldered Hawk   3/  28
Broad-winged Hawk   192/  3938
Swainson's Hawk   0/  9
Red-tailed Hawk   0/  4
Unid. Buteo   1/  16
American Kestrel   20/  194
Merlin   0/  3
Peregrine Falcon   0/  8
Unid. Falcon   0/  4
Crested Caracara   0/  1
Unid. Raptor   4/  31
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GRAND TOTALS   364/ 6744

Today was a little surprising with the low number of birds.  The most
obvious change from days before was the southerly wind.  The Accipiters
hesitated very little in heading out across the bay headed straight into
the wind.  Does anyone have any input for this occurence? -tyros
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