Greetings All: The only birding I have done so far in my patch - I'm a working fellow - is my yard and the drive from my house to work. This two mile stretch of Quaker Street (and a little bit of 4th Street) passes by Maxey Park, some ponds at the intersection of Quaker Avenue and the Martha Sharp Freeway, and the TTU HSC fields - all in Lubbock. So far my first three days of feeder and route birding have kicked out 41 species. This patch thingy might even prompt me to get up a bit earlier so that I can stop and scan at a couple of good spots along the way:) Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock 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