Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch

08-26-99

Another quickie report; good numbers of kites this week. Here's Joel's report:

Today started out with five Mississippi Kites coming out of the trees along

the Nueces and passing just overhead. It was good that we had this good

view because the rest of the day the kites were high and far away. Ended

with a low flyby of our first kestrel of the season, a female.

315 Mississippi Kite

2 Swainson's Hawk

1 Red-tailed Hawk

1 American Kestrel

Very few other birds today:

Anhinga (480)

Wood Stork (3)

Common Nighthawk

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Green Jay (first of the year)

Kiskadee

- Joel

Eyes skyward; the flyways are spooling up!

Cheers,

Patty Beasley

Corpus Christi, TX