September 14, 1999

Hello to all. Thanks to those of you who answered Winnie's call and

volunteered your time today. Thankfully, we were rewarded with some

hawks. We also must have seen a record number of "love-bugs" swarming the

tower. Skies today were clear but hazy, not easy to see the higher

Broad-wingeds. Today's count:

3 Osprey

114 Mississippi Kite

7 Northern Harrier

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

5 Cooper's Hawk

406 Broad-winged Hawk

3 American Kestrel

1 Merlin

10 Unidentified raptor

550 Total Hawks

Until tomorrow,

Kyle McCarty

Official counter

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.

Computer donated by Texas Partners in Flight and Compaq. Thank you all.

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