Birded the road going into the Anahuac NWR Skillern Tract, lots of shore bird however I did not see the Ruff. Please see eBird list. Cheers Art MacKinnon McKinney TX Anahuac NWR- Skillern Tract (E.Bay)(UTC 050), Chambers, US-TX Apr 17, 2013 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Stationary 38 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 130 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Mottled Duck 4 Blue-winged Teal 16 Northern Shoveler 8 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Little Blue Heron 2 Tricolored Heron 1 Cattle Egret 14 Green Heron 1 Glossy Ibis 1 White-faced Ibis 22 Roseate Spoonbill 4 Turkey Vulture 16 Swainson's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Black-necked Stilt 60 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 16 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 4 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 75 Wilson's Phalarope 2 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 Tree Swallow 22 Sedge Wren 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 Red-winged Blackbird 35 Great-tailed Grackle 19 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 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