Well folks, in the course of seven days we've gone from the worst season ever at Smith Point to being on the verge of breaking the all-time total for both Broad-wings and the count as a whole. Amazing how quickly things can turn around. Count for 10/20/14, total 10,557 Black Vulture 4 Turkey Vulture 90 Bald Eagle 1 Northern Harrier 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 Cooper's Hawk 36 Broad-winged Hawk 10,390 Swainson's Hawk 10 American Kestrel 8 Mississippi Kite 1 Jason has suddenly lost cell service out there so I don't know how frequently we will be able to post the totals in the next few days, but we'll do our best. Sue Susan A. Heath, PhD Gulf Coast Bird Observatory 103 Hwy 332 West Lake Jackson, TX 77566 979-480-0999 www.gcbo.org 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