Oh you people and your raptors, Geeez. Well John Maresh, Tira Overstreet and I had a very rare one in Port O'Connor this morning so hold on to something solid...With our own eyes we saw a very lost Mississippi Kite! Sure did.!...Maybe my first here in several years, maybe since Ebird began..... "Oh go on", you say! ..................Also a Merlin that has taken up residence. Now that's hawk-watching! Not many migrants this morning due in part to the very windy conditions in part but a few of the regular things. Except for one Couch's all the yellow kingbirds were silent in a steady mist so we did not get the Tropical to speak though had a bird at the location that may well have been it. The wind here is distinctly from the north not SW, very gusty, and is carrying a heavy mist/foggy ...71F at 11:00A 19 Sandwich terns on an newly formed beach after almost 8" of very heavy rains yesterday. Brush Freeman Independent and affiliated Field Biologist 361-655-7641 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas The greatest musician of all time is mother nature.