Hi, all! Just a quick note to get the word out that several Valley rarities are still being seen: today (Christmas Eve) Pat, Marie, and I had the male Hooded Merganser at Dixieland Park, the Kittiwake at the SPI jetty (on the beach to the left of the jetty), the Woodcock in Pam and Reid's side yard, the Long-tailed Duck at the Donna Reservoir, plus two additional year birds for me: a Common Loon in Laguna Madre off the Convention Centre boardwalk, and a Sedge Wren in the stuff behind the Convention Center (the mudflat overlook)! Full report and pictures probably won't get out until tomorrow--we had a dawn-to-dusk day today! But what a day--WOO HOO! :-) More later, MB 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