Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1999
Date:   10-03-99

Hi everyone,

Slow day today. Falcons and accipiters continue to come in higher than usual numbers. Starting to see more Swainson's. Here's the count for today:

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0....... Black Vulture (YTD: 103)
1....... Turkey Vulture (YTD: 164)
11...... Osprey (YTD: 132)
0....... Swallow-tailed Kites (YTD: 30)
0....... White-tailed Kites (YTD: 4)
0....... Mississippi Kite (YTD: 5,508)
0....... Bald Eagle (YTD: 3) (8/29 Ad; 9-22 imm.; 9/30 B2)
11...... Northern Harrier (YTD: 134)
52...... Sharp-shinned Hawk (YTD: 745)
35...... Cooper's Hawk (YTD: 452)
4....... Red-shouldered Hawk (YTD: 24)
642..... Broad-winged Hawk (YTD: 623,474) (9/21: 2DM; 9/24: 1DM; 9/30: 3DM)
33...... Swainson's Hawk (YTD: 175)
0....... Ferruginous Hawk (9/18: DM juv)(9/23 DM)(YTD: 5)
1....... Red-tailed Hawk (YTD: 77) (3 dark morph)
0....... White-tailed Hawk (YTD: 7)
1....... Zone-tailed Hawk (YTD: 4)
3....... Harris's Hawk (YTD: 12)
0....... Rough-legged Hawk (YTD: 2) (9/30 & 10/1: ad lt-morph)
25...... American Kestrel (YTD: 203)
1....... Merlin (YTD: 22)
18...... Peregrine Falcon (YTD: 134)
0....... Prairie Falcon (YTD: 31)
0....... Aplomado Falcon (YTD: 1)
0....... Crested Caracara (YTD: 2)
26...... Unidentified Accipiter (YTD: 128)
0....... Unidentified Buteo (YTD: 24)
1....... Unidentified Falcon (YTD: 45)
13...... Unidentified Raptor (YTD: 3,243)

HB Total: 878 (YTD: 634,894)
+ Three Satellite sites totals:  240,806 (incl. 1 BE and 11 BW-DM)
= Coastal Bend Hawk Watch grand total: 875,700

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- Cheers from Patty Beasley, Joel Simon, Fernando Ramos Rincon, Ryan Wagner, and the rest of the HBHW cast and crew!