******************************************************************************************* North winds on the front beach to 37 mph, 10:00A temp: 51, cloudy. miserable for birds and birders. I did a very short visit to a couple of protected areas in town...Birds are here but whipping trees, the short visit and cold winds made it hard to detect the hunkered down critters in the woodlots so I don't have a good feel as to the quality of this fallout...I just know it is more than I wanted to spend time checking on this morning. I did see several flocks of buntings and Blue Grosbeaks and a few tanagers and warblers darting from patch to patch.....Maybe once this wind lies I can get a better assessment. -- Brush Freeman 361-655-7641 Cell http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas 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