Hi, all! Joined Huck Hutchins, Mary Gustafson, John Yochum, Kyle (and Sibley) O'Haver, the Fullers, and Cheryl and Paul from Houston this morning for the Big Sit; some highlights while I was there included a big fat American Bittern across the way, a small flock of Wood Storks circling overhead, a tiny little Mexican Tree Frog that John found, and Peggy's fabulous lunch spread! :-) ! I snuck away for an exercise hike around 8:00 and added a few things to my personal list, the best of which was a couple of Snipe at Dowitcher Pond. When I left the raptors were starting to stream through, with many vultures, Swainson's Hawks, and a Peregrine that Terry spotted. Not unexpected was the fact that the butters in the parking lot were way more cooperative for photos than the birds were! I'm sure Huck or someone will post the final tally, as I had to leave around noon... Photos are posted here: http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2013%20Field%20Trips/October/Big%20S it.html Bird List: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Wood Stork Mycteria americana Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Green Heron Butorides virescens White Ibis Eudocimus albus Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Sora Porzana carolina Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Rock Pigeon Columba livia Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris American Kestrel Falco sparverius Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Dickcissel Spiza americana Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus 57 SPECIES Mary Beth Stowe McAllen, TX _www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/) 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