Last Friday while birding on Galveston Island during the thunderstorm (2 1/2" in about 30-40 minutes) we saw a Dickcissel fallout of conservatively 1000 birds. Here's a photo of just one view of many many Dickcissels: https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/Dickcissels2012420#5735089914241502834 Theresa Bayoud TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds Austin, Texas Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds