Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1999
Date:   08-16-99

I knew it! I knew it! Just as soon as the swallow-tailed kite watch ended this weekend, with a zero tally for STKI's for us at Hazel, I KNEW we were going to get one the very next day! Murphy's Law will always prove out, <grin!>! Hey, that's okay; it may not count on the weekend, but it certainly counts for the season, for us and for the Texas Parks & Wildlife reports! Joel reports a good day today; pretty healthy count overall for only the third day of watch:

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Patty,

The big news of the day was...you guessed it, a STK, and no I didn't get to
see it.  Found and seen only by Fernando.  We also had a good kettle of
Mississippi Kites that totaled 110.  Below are the numbers:

Osprey                  1
Swallow-tailed Kite     1
Mississippi Kite        133
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Broad-winged Hawk       4
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3       we now have a resident
Unidentified Buteo      2
Total                   146

Other birds were:
Anhinga (475)
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow Warbler
Painted Bunting
and our first of the year, male Baltimore Oriole

Joel

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Cheers,
Patty