Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch, Fall 1999
Date:   10-15-99

Hi everyone,

Joel says the best way to put today's watch on the hill is that they watched TV all day. Turkey Vultures ruled the roost. Even dickie birds were scarce, but the front due in tomorrow may bring one good last push of raptors.

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27...... Black Vulture (YTD: 263)
505..... Turkey Vulture (YTD: 3,089)
1....... Osprey (YTD: 156)
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)
0....... Northern Harrier (YTD: 190)
1....... Sharp-shinned Hawk (YTD: 1,153)
7....... Cooper's Hawk (YTD: 875)
0....... Northern Goshawk (YTD: 1) (1 on 10/10)
0....... Red-shouldered Hawk (YTD: 51)
0....... Broad-winged Hawk (YTD: 639,994) (9/21: 2DM; 9/24: 1DM; 9/30: 3DM)
5....... Swainson's Hawk (YTD: 532) (2 DM on 10/11)
1....... Red-tailed Hawk (YTD: 106) (3 dark morph)
0....... Ferruginous Hawk (YTD: 9)(9/18: DM juv, 9/23 DM)
0....... White-tailed Hawk (YTD: 8)
0....... Zone-tailed Hawk (YTD: 6)
0....... Harris's Hawk (YTD: 17)
0....... Rough-legged Hawk (YTD: 2) (9/30 & 10/1: ad lt-morph)
0....... Golden Eagle (YTD: 1) (1 Juv 10/5)
0....... American Kestrel (YTD: 387)
0....... Merlin (YTD: 55)
1....... Peregrine Falcon (YTD: 223)
0....... Prairie Falcon (YTD: 31)
0....... Aplomado Falcon (YTD: 1)
0....... Crested Caracara (YTD: 2)
1....... Unidentified Accipiter (YTD: 243)
0....... Unidentified Buteo (YTD: 37)
0....... Unidentified Falcon (YTD: 88)
2....... Unidentified Raptor (YTD: 3,427)

HB Total: 551 (YTD: 656,454)
+ Three Satellite sites, four days each, total:  240,806 (incl. 1 BE and 11 BW-DM)
= Coastal Bend Hawk Watch grand total: 897,260

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