Our broad-winged hawks made it to texas it seems :) (Just a surmisal of course, but it was their first 6 figure day of the season, so at least many of the hawks that went over Hawk Ridge last week went over Hazel Bazemore on Monday the 23rd).
Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. Fridley, MN (763) 572-5320 [email protected] >>> Patty Waits Beasley <[email protected]> 09/23/2003 21:26:48 PM >>> ---> Texbird help file http://www.texbirds.org <--- Greetings all! September 23, 2003 Man, what a nice liftoff this morning! Despite the river being so high the bottom land park roads were flooded; the closing off of the upper road access thanks to our state police's microwave tower busting a guy-wire; and humidity and mosquitoes that kept us alternately scratching/slapping and wiping our brows this morning, several dozen intrepid folks braved the conditions to get to the hill in time for the show. Houston, we had lift off! More than 21,000 broadies took flight after their overnight snooze, thrilling the folks on the hill, some of whom had not seen anything quite like a Hazel Bazemore lift off, and weren't sure just which direction they should look next. When broadies are coming over, around and from behind you, sometimes it's hard not to be a whirling dervishThe rest of the day brought more storm-backed up broadies on down, but we're still just at the tip of the kettle, so to speak. We did have some hawks set down this evening, so there will likely be a lift off again tomorrow, albeit much, much smaller than today's. Taylor has the break out of broadies by the hour for us. Note the times listed are "hawk watch time" which corresponds to Hawk Watch International standard (aka mountain) time. Add an hour to bring it up to Texas (central) time: 7-8 0. 8-9 liftoff... 15,910.... 9-10 still liftoff... 36,522. 10-11 only 4,673. 11-12 big kettles...21,769. 12-1 siesta... 4,043. 1-2 kettles... 11,348. 2-3 more kettles... 18,352. 3-4 more kettles... 6,542. 4-5 bedtime... 143. Now for the day's totals of all hawks. Thanks, Taylor! The totals of everything on 9/23/03: 4 Turkey vultures 15 Ospreys 16 Mississippi kites 5 Sharp-shinned hawks 20 Cooper's hawks 1 Red-shouldered hawk 119,302 Broadwinged hawks 44 Swainson's hawks 11 Red-tailed hawks 1 Harris' hawk 24 American kestrels 4 Merlins 11 Peregrine falcons 2 Prarie falcons 2 Crested Caracaras 1 unidentified accip. 2 unidentified falcons 1 unidentified raptor Total for the day: 119,466 Our first six-figure day with 15 species on the board! Great job, everyone! Season totals to date: 0 ..........Black vulture 44 .........Turkey vulture 71 .........Osprey 20 .........Swallow-tailed kite 0 ..........White-tailed kite 9612 .......Mississippi kite 0 ..........Bald eagle 6 ..........Northern harrier 11 .........Sharp-shinned hawk 41 .........Cooper's hawk 0 ..........Northern goshawk 10 .........Red-shouldered hawk 237472 .....Broad-winged hawk 186 ........Swainson's hawk 35 .........Red-tailed hawk 0 ..........Ferruginous hawk 2 ..........White-tailed hawk 0 ..........Short-tailed hawk 1 ..........Zone-tailed hawk 2 ..........Harris's hawk 0 ..........Rough-legged hawk 0 ..........Common black hawk 0 ..........Golden eagle 115 ........American kestrel 22 .........Merlin 52 .........Peregrine falcon 3 .........Prairie falcon 1 ..........Aplomado falcon 12..........Crested caracara 6 ..........Unknown accipiters 14 .........Unknown buteos 7 ..........Unknown falcons 0 ..........Unknown eagles 20 .........Unknown raptors ------------------------ 247,765 Season total to 09/23/03 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on the hill for "A Celebration of Flight" September 25-28 - FMI: http://www.ccbirding.com/thw/2003/cof.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
