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

Hi everyone,

Ryan and Fernando were on duty today; they report the mosquitoes at the hill were as big as some of the passing hawks!

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0....... Black Vulture (YTD: 209)
101..... Turkey Vulture (YTD: 1,379)
0....... Osprey (YTD: 148)
0....... Swallow-tailed Kites (YTD: 31)
0....... White-tailed Kites (YTD: 5)
0....... Mississippi Kite (YTD: 5,512)
0....... Bald Eagle (YTD: 3) (8/29 Ad; 9-22 imm.; 9/30 B2)
2....... Northern Harrier (YTD: 169)
48...... Sharp-shinned Hawk (YTD: 1,084)
35...... Cooper's Hawk (YTD: 756)
0....... Northern Goshawk (YTD: 1) (1 on 10/10)
0....... Red-shouldered Hawk (YTD: 48)
235..... Broad-winged Hawk (YTD: 636,926) (9/21: 2DM; 9/24: 1DM; 9/30: 3DM)
13...... Swainson's Hawk (YTD: 485) (2 DM on 10/11)
5....... Red-tailed Hawk (YTD: 98) (3 dark morph)
0....... Ferruginous Hawk (YTD: 8)(9/18: DM juv, 9/23 DM)
0....... White-tailed Hawk (YTD: 8)
0....... Zone-tailed Hawk (YTD: 6)
0....... Harris's Hawk (YTD: 16)
0....... Rough-legged Hawk (YTD: 2) (9/30 & 10/1: ad lt-morph)
0....... Golden Eagle (YTD: 1) (1 Juv 10/5)
23...... American Kestrel (YTD: 331)
4....... Merlin (YTD: 54)
20...... Peregrine Falcon (YTD: 200)
0....... Prairie Falcon (YTD: 31)
0....... Aplomado Falcon (YTD: 1)
0....... Crested Caracara (YTD: 2)
18...... Unidentified Accipiter (YTD: 225)
1....... Unidentified Buteo (YTD: 31)
10...... Unidentified Falcon (YTD: 77)
14...... Unidentified Raptor (YTD: 3,397)

HB Total: 529 (YTD: 651,250)
+ Three Satellite sites, four days each, total:  240,806 (incl. 1 BE and 11 BW-DM)
= Coastal Bend Hawk Watch grand total: 892,056

- Ryan & Fernando

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