All, Things are finally heating up at Smith Point. Yesterday Jason reported 1,427 Mississippi Kites! Total count: Osprey - 2 Swallow-tailed Kite - 7 Mississippi Kite - 1427 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 Cooper's Hawk - 4 Broad-winged Hawk 60 Swainson's Hawk - 11 Here's the blog entry: http://smithpointhawkwatch.wordpress.com/ The new t-shirts are at the tower too! Come on out and join us for some great raptor viewing. 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