Hello from The Hill!

Saturday, August 19 report:

Mississippi Kite 339
Cooper's Hawk 1
Swainson's Hawk 10
Harris's Hawk 1 (immature)
Unidentified Buteo 1
Unidentified Raptor 5

That makes a grand total for today 357 raptors!! Yea, a working day. Joel suggests that tomorrow is the day for Swallow-tailed Kite. See all 'yawl' there on the hill at HB.

- Jo C.
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Fall 2000 hawk watch crew (so far): watch coordinator, Joel Simon; counters Jo Creglow and Scott Rush; education director Tom Benedict.
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The Hazel Bazemore Hawk Watch appreciates the many volunteers and supporters that have helped bring the watch into the forefront of migration studies. Thanks to Electrotex, Inc. for sponsoring our web site; Hawk Watch International for their on-going support and sponsorship of the watch efforts. Also to the Northwest Business Association, Central Power and Light, Nature's Bird Center, Margaret Cullinan Wray Charitable Trust, the Trull Foundation, and the Audubon Outdoor Club of Corpus Christi.

Cheers from your roving hawk watch reporter,
Patty Beasley, Corpus Christi, TX