Hi Texbirders, Thanks for all the replies and info on this post. Consensus is a coyote all right, but maybe a hybridized one with some wolf genes. It was too big for a Red Fox as some suggested. If you want to look for him, I found him on Sportsman's Road just after turning left from 8 Mile Road. I normally don't start looking for things until past the only house on the left side of Sportsman's Road, but there were several birds in the marsh. I looked at them in the foreground and then as I looked in the back against the trees, he was just sitting there as in the first photo. It was about 11am, so he is out in the daytime. I am glad that many of you have seen the Clapper rails on Sportsman's Road. Guess I have been skunked all last year. I used to see them at least every second or third trip down there. Raining all day today, so no birding :( David McDonald Friendswood TX 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