The Painted Redstart is still flitting around the visitor center at Aransas NWR. Two Long-tailed Ducks are off the fishing pier section and both Black and Surf Scoters off Dagger Point. In addition, the Baltimore Oriole is still being observed in the same area as the Painted Redstart and Winter Wren and Virginia Rail, Sora and Common Gallinule are being found along Rail Trail. The two Whooping Cranes are still being observed off and on at Heron Flats Trail and two Whooping Cranes are being found regularly off the Wildlife Tower, although they can be quite distant. 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