The 29th annual Lake Tawakoni Christmas Bird Count tallied a very good total of 135 species. Highlighted by its first ever Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Cave Swallows, Good waterfowl numbers. Lingering Cattle Egrets, an incredible 68 Long-billed Dowitchers, 13 Bald Eagles, 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 3 Sprague's Pipits, 57 Smith's Longspurs in a restricted area, 65 Lapland Longspurs 1 Grasshopper Sparrow, 2 Purple Finches. On the downside no Horned Larks or Rusty Blackbirds very few Robins, Loons, Horned Grebes and just 1 Red-breasted Merganser. If you are interested in the full list email me at rdkrsh@xxxxxxx Richard Kinney near Lake Tawakoni 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