Next membership meeting
Corpus Christi Hawk Watch
Hawk counter Nathaniel "Nate" Cooley will introduce the Corpus Christi Hawk Watch, where major migration corridors funnel southbound raptors toward the western Gulf Coast.
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The Corpus Christi Hawk Watch is conducted from an elevated platform near the crest of a hill in Hazel Bazemore County Park. The platform overlooks a horseshoe bend on the southern bank of the Nueces River, about 17 miles west of Corpus Christi. Directions and additional information are available on the Corpus Christi Hawk Watch page.
Large numbers of southbound migrating hawks pass over the area, especially Broad-winged Hawks. Birds traveling along both the Appalachian and eastern ridge corridor and the Great Lakes and coastal corridors converge before reaching South Texas, where they are funneled along the western shore of the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi.
Nathaniel “Nate” Cooley is a Washington state native and Washington State University graduate. An avid birder since college, he first learned about hawk watching there. His first job after college was at the Corpus Christi watch, and he is now in his third season working at the HawkWatch International site after spending the spring in Tubac, Arizona. Across his seasons in the field, he has counted more than one million raptors representing 26 species.
The doors will open at 6:00 p.m., and the meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.
