Yesterday, the Corpus Christi hawk watch counted 3475 Mississippi kites passing over southbound. This Texas spot is on their flight path via the isthmus to wintering grounds in central and south America. If you have been putting off going to see the Hocking County birds, you may have waited past the last minute. They seem often to be faithful to nests sites, so maybe they'll be back, if they actually nested here. As far as I know, we have not verified successful reproduction by the Hocking birds; if you have such information, please let us know! Thanks, Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]