I birded Indianola in Calhoun County this morning. A Red-breasted Merganser was a big surprise. I had four Seaside Sparrows which are always a special treat. A Glossy Ibis was in a field that had standing water from recent rains. 50 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks were in the same field. 5 Painted Buntings brightened up the day. Complete list follows. Sonny Bratz, Victoria Calhoun Co-Indianola, Calhoun, US-TX Jun 30, 2012 6:40 AM - 11:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 10.0 mile(s) Comments: cloudy, stormy morning 61 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 17 Fulvous Whistling-Duck 50 Red-breasted Merganser 1 in pond on zimmerman road in magic ridge Neotropic Cormorant 6 Brown Pelican 22 Least Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 21 Snowy Egret 5 Little Blue Heron 8 Tricolored Heron 12 Reddish Egret 7 Cattle Egret 114 Green Heron 3 White Ibis 110 Glossy Ibis 1 White-faced Ibis 20 Roseate Spoonbill 2 Turkey Vulture 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Crested Caracara 1 Black-bellied Plover 4 Wilson's Plover 8 Killdeer 2 American Oystercatcher 3 Black-necked Stilt 50 Willet 21 Lesser Yellowlegs 12 flooded field on FM 2717 Long-billed Curlew 1 Marbled Godwit 1 in magic ridge Ruddy Turnstone 5 on bayfront near Magnolia Beach Laughing Gull 150 Least Tern 3 Gull-billed Tern 1 Caspian Tern 1 Royal Tern 13 Black Skimmer 2 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 White-winged Dove 1 Mourning Dove 49 Common Nighthawk 11 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 8 Loggerhead Shrike 8 White-eyed Vireo 2 Purple Martin 8 Barn Swallow 7 Cliff Swallow 25 Northern Mockingbird 26 Long-billed Thrasher 1 Curve-billed Thrasher 3 European Starling 106 Seaside Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 3 Painted Bunting 5 Red-winged Blackbird 56 Eastern Meadowlark 12 Boat-tailed Grackle 1 Great-tailed Grackle 75 Bronzed Cowbird 2 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)