I used the little window of opportunity to head down to the Quintana Jetty to work on my big year before the rain started. No Scoters were seen (actually only a very few ducks) but was successful for seabirds. I did have a Northern Gannet plus Sandwich and Common Tern. Bonaparte's Gulls were also putting on a show, there were about 30 present See the Blog update at http://davidsbigyear.blogspot.com/2015/03/window-of-opportunity.html I picked up a pair of Franklin's Gulls at my local retention pond, Brunswick Lake also. -- David Sarkozi Houston, TX (713) 412-4409 twitter ID dsarkozi 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