This morning at about 5:45, with a brilliant waning moon overhead, two Barred Owls were carrying on a conversation in a tree right outside my bedroom window! I went out the front door and heard the last grumblings of one bird (guess he lost the argument) before they fell silent. Karen Smith, are you missing a couple of birds? Also, on Sunday afternoon I went to Swantner Park on Corpus Christi Bay and observed the Bar-tailed Godwit, very much at home among his/her larger cousins. They were foraging in the grass for the longest time and I could almost reach out and pet them on the heads. Then up they flew, circled back and landed in a puddle where most of them promptly fell asleep. Others, including the visitor from the outer limits, took sponge baths. Judy Kestner Calallen (NW Corpus Christi) 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