Things Came to a Screeching Halt, and That's OK

We know that as we get older, it is more important to put our priorities where they need to be. And after so many years of Hawk Watching, the hawk watch team has agreed to not drive Bill into the ground. At this point, Bill must be doing it for the love of finding what ever hawks he has time to dedicate to the pursuit. I assured him at year's beginning, that Jimmy and I would be content with his decisions 100%. There were several years when Jimmy and I were the ones dedicated to being on the watch when we only watched into early October. But Bill loves the later birds having a respecable representation, so he likes to carry the hours into November as well. And some days he only has about and hour or 2 to see what is flying at that time. And that's OK. Quite a few watches have closed already. Including the big ones down south and west. Corpus Christy for instance. So each year when it's time to close it is bittersweet, but it is also important to be content, and very appreciative to Bill for his hours spent. I am posting the last of his records for the 2025 Fall count. I will make one more post as soon as we have finalized our records and I have a chance after Thanksgiving, to put up the Hawkcount.org spreadsheet final for the year. For now her is Bill's final report: there were no additional Hawks counted for these days: