Reports Around the Country

"Smith Point Hawk Watch (10/17/14) 14,864 raptors!"
via "textbirds" freelist. 

Thanks to Carolyn Snow for the info.  We often like to talk about other sites across the nation and the kinds and numbers of birds we are seeing there.  Smith Point is one we enjoyed visiting, and find that other birders will as well.  They report their numbers on the "textbirds" freelist, just as we report to "TNbirds" also a freelist.  This report is a very recent update title.

Freelists for Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida provide valuable info for what is being seen, and we often sign up for them, only during migrations to get info such as this. But they make great resources for making trips to see great birds.  But also remind us of the diversity of the numbers and species concentrations at other sites and locations.  Where Broad-wings are often the attractions for mountain sites, Falcons and Osprey are the draws for many coastal sites.  Kites are the focus for a site in South Carolina. And some sites also keep counts for other massing migrators, like Sandhills, Anhingahs, and Frigatebirds.

Keep Looking UP!!!!