September 11, 1999

Hello everyone, thanks to Charles Hoffman, Patty Beasley, and Petra

Hockey for your comments on the mystery bird I saw on Thursday. Having

considered these comments I am now pretty sure that I it was an immature

White-tailed Hawk. I simply did not consider that at the time and just

ended up being confused.

Thanks also to Winnie Burkett and Dick Benoit for counting every Friday

(Winnie) and Saturday (Dick) while I enjoy some "down time." Here's what

they saw:

Friday, 9-10-99

52 Mississippi Kite

1 Northern Harrier

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

2 Cooper's Hawk

55 Broad-winged Hawk

13 American Kestrel

7 Unidentified Buteo

131 Total Hawks

Saturday, 9-11-99

42 Mississippi Kite

4 Northern Harrier

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

1 Cooper's Hawk

208 Broad-winged Hawk

3 Swainson's Hawk

8 American Kestrel

267 Total Hawks

Until tomorrow,

Kyle McCarty

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Smith Point Hawk Watch is made possible by donations from Exxon,

Hawkwatch International, Houston O.G., Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, and

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

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