The black-tailed godwit Returning marbled godwits 2 pairs of mating american avocets and one bird apparently sitting for a couple of hours when not mating a least grebe in the Freeport Wetlands a first year lesser black-backed gull at Quintana an almost full breeding plumage american golden plover on follet's island hordes of birds with young and many first of the year fledglings 2 empidonax/pewees a mile or so south of the godwit The first wandering mississippi kite near the house on the way home. More later. Go birding every day. -- Joseph C. Kennedy on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx