Fred - That would be Mr. Spock's tricorder, and we are negotiating with Gene Roddenberry's estate for the production rights. Don't hold your breath waiting for it.... ;-) Clay Taylor Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX Central Texas Coast Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from my iPad > On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3) > <Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From Bull. Texas Ornith. Soc. 43(1-2): 2010 > 1. [PDF]AMERICAN BLACK DUCK RECORDS FROM > TEXAS<http://southwestnwrsnatresources.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/johnsonb_garrettson_2010_band-recovery-and-harvest-data.pdf> > This article reports 48 banded Black Ducks recovered in Texas and 35 wings > collected through Hunter surveys in Texas between the 1971 and 2009. 50% of > the records are from coastal locations most from the Galveston Bay area east. > Since banded birds are such a small percentage of the population and > recovered bands less than 20% it is likely that Black Ducks occur in small > numbers annually in Texas. > > If the link made it through Texbirds, then you can download it or just do a > Google Search as I did to find the article. I had read it in 2010 but > forgotten where. > > I sure wish Sawarski would release those DNA reading binoculars. We could all > tick off Black Duck, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, etc, etc. > > Fred Collins, Director > Kleb Woods Nature Center > 20303 Draper Road,Tomball TX 77377 > 281-357-5324 > > Harris County Precinct 3 > Steve Radack Commissioner > www.pct3.hctx.net<http://www.pct3.hctx.net/> > > > 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 > > 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