Completely forgot to say we found a Glossy Ibis at ANWR today. Go down the first side of Shoveler Pond and at the end where the road turns South there is a spot where a dirt road joins the pond road. You can park there and walk into the area where the field is flooded over to the right. There was one Glossy Ibis and a few other White-faced and White Ibis there. David Hanson Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area In a message dated 3/14/2015 10:03:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time, dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Jan and I ran down to Smith Oaks in High Island today to see how many birds were nesting already. There are quite a few Great Egrets already on nests and others building nests. Lots of Roseatte Spoonbills already there but not really nesting yet as well as a few Neotropic Cormorants. Left and ran to Anahuac National WR to look for the Ruff that was there last week. Found the area completely covered with water from the heavy rains 2-3 days ago. The area West of Shoveler Pond was mostly so deep there were no yellowlegs of either species around. Drove around a little and found no groups of waders anywhere that the Ruff might be hanging with. Did not make it to Skillern Tract. David Hanson Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area TOS Member Texas Master Naturalist FeatherFest 2015 Birding Program Leader dhanson139@xxxxxxx 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 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