Thursday morning when Brush said to drop everything and rush to the coast, I called my wife and by 1:00 we were on our way to High Island from Austin. We arrived at High Island about 4 hours later without getting a speeding ticket and picked up about 2 hours of the fallout at Smith Oaks Sanctuary. Friday was almost as good. I have been birding off and on for over 50 years and I had never experienced a fallout of Hollywood proportions. This fallout helped me to pad my photo Big Year by 19 new birds for a total of 367. Some of my favorite photos from Thursday and Friday can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/isaaccsanchez/sets/72157633367489936/ Isaac Sanchez Austin Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner