In case anyone is interested, one of the Texas Hawk Watch places mentioned Hawk Ridge in their daily Hawk updated they post to Texbirds and Birdchat.
Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. Fridley, MN (763) 572-5320 [email protected] >>> Patty Waits Beasley <[email protected]> 09/17/2003 23:58:56 PM >>> ---> Texbird help file http://www.texbirds.org <--- September 17, 2003 Greetings all! Taylor's report from the hill: Not much to tell... Today we had overcast skies and a strong east wind all day, and we didn't see any hawks until after 2pm normal time. There were numerous Baltimore orioles around, and we got good looks at the yellow-breasted chat and the olive sparrow in the morning. We also saw flocks of several hundred white pelicans. Today's total is 8 hawks..2 Ospreys 6 Mississippi kites, about 30 feet overhead moving slowly. We ended up closing the watch 45 minutes early because of an approaching storm. We had been drizzled on in the AM also, but not enough to close down. Temperatures today were very pleasant as it was almost never sunny and practically dark a few times. Thanks, Taylor. Another soggy day here and there around the Coastal Bend. Forecasters say tomorrow will be more of the same, with another front due in this weekend. Congratulations to Hawk Ridge in Minnesota for breaking their broadwinged hawk record wide open on Monday, September 15th (www.hawkridge.org)! 102,000+ hawks winged through their watch Monday, and are now headed our way. Depending on weather, and we might be seeing those same hawks over our watch about mid-next week. A Hazel Bazemore Chocolate Salute to Hawk Ridge! Season totals to date: 0 ..........Black vulture 0 ..........Turkey vulture 35 .........Osprey 20 .........Swallow-tailed kite 0 ..........White-tailed kite 9531 .......Mississippi kite 0 ..........Bald eagle 4 ..........Northern harrier 2 ..........Sharp-shinned hawk 12 .........Cooper's hawk 0 ..........Northern goshawk 8 ..........Red-shouldered hawk 14738.......Broad-winged hawk 125 ........Swainson's hawk 14 .........Red-tailed hawk 0 ..........Ferruginous hawk 2 ..........White-tailed hawk 0 ..........Short-tailed hawk 0 ..........Zone-tailed hawk 1 ..........Harris's hawk 0 ..........Rough-legged hawk 0 ..........Common black hawk 0 ..........Golden eagle 44 .........American kestrel 4 ..........Merlin 9 ..........Peregrine falcon 1 ..........Prairie falcon 1 ..........Aplomado falcon 10..........Crested caracara 1 ..........Unknown accipiters 14 .........Unknown buteos 1 ..........Unknown falcons 0 ..........Unknown eagles 11 .........Unknown raptors ------------------------ 24,588 Season total to 09/17/03 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Patty Waits Beasley Corpus Christi, TX Our 2003 Crew: Joel Simon, Taylor Ellis, Ricardo Perez. Update your links!! All reports and much more information and even videos are on our web site. Drop on by the Texas Hawk Watches web site at http://www.ccbirding.com/ -.-Spam and virus filtered by modusMail using Norman virus engine.-.- For answers to questions about this list, as well as current Texas Birding Links, visit the Texbirds Reference Page at http://www.texbirds.org **********CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE********** The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and/or privileged and is intended for the sole use of the individual or organization named above. If you are not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, any review, copying or distribution of this e-mail and its attachments, if any, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message from your system.
