I birded Palmetto Bend State Park in Gonzales County for a couple of hours this afternoon. Two Brown Creepers, a Red-breasted Merganser and a Green Kingfisher were the highlights. The complete list follows. Sonny Bratz, Victoria Gonzales Co-Palmetto Bend SP, Gonzales, US-TX Nov 13, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Very cloudy/overcast; N wind 10-15 mph 18 species Red-breasted Merganser 1 female in San Marcos River seen from bridge; spiky crest. long thin bill, rusty head/grayish body Anhinga 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 22 Turkey Vulture 6 Sandhill Crane 5 Green Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Crested Caracara 4 Eastern Phoebe 6 American Crow 10 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 1 Brown Creeper 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) 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