Texbirders: Found this link updated each Thursday morning on drought conditions in texas by county. Looked pretty informative. http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/SouthDroughtMonitor.aspx In Harris County, there seems to be fewer unusual western species sighted in 2013 than in 2012--could this possibly be due to the drought easing somewhat vs 2012? Second, I spotted a gorgeous male Vermilion flycatcher on the same part of the chainlink fence as last winter (Ray Porter found it first in Oct 2012)--under the trees at the South corner of the reflecting pool near the San Jacinto Monument on the 11th. I see Stephan Lorenz also had a vermilion FC at the park on the 14th. Hopefully this vermilion FC will be a returning regular like the previous Bear Creek golf course Vermilion in past winters Finally, can we please keep off-topic complaints about politicians out of texbirds. Good Birding! The Berners John, Cathy, Abby and Zach 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