Great-horned owls were calling when I arrived and Kestrels were up before the

sun. Dickcissels, warblers, buntings, swallows, pelicans the air was full

early. 8am came and so did the heavy equipment, asphalt, gravel and trucks,

trucks, trucks. Our ears hurt but the parking lot is finally finished(I

hope). The hawks didn't seem to mind.Hawks got high in the middle of the

morning and I wished I could find those specks in the telescope as easily as

Kyle does. Fortunately most eventually came close enough to Id.

Smith Point Hawk Watch 10/15/99

5 Black Vultures

61 Turkey Vultures

1 Osprey

7 Northern Harrier

83 Sharp-shinned Hawk

14 Cooper’s Hawk

554 Broad-winged Hawk

5 Red-tailed Hawk

79 American Kestrel

1 ? accipiter

7 ? buteo

817 total

Winnie Burkett