On Tuesday, March 4, after visiting the Laureles Div of King Ranch on Tuesday, March 4, I birded the Santa Gertrudis Div. of K.R. (west of Kingsville) which is unfortunately quite dry with very little water present in most wetlands and found 59 species. Highlights of the day for me were the Northern Bobwhite (6), Say's Phoebe (1), Vermilion Flycatcher (4), and Audubon's Oriole (1). Hoping we get some rain soon. For a complete list of birds noted see further below. Good birding, Tom Langschied Kingsville, TX Birds noted on 03/04/14 1. Northern Shoveler 7 2. Green-winged Teal 4 3. Northern Bobwhite 6 4. Anhinga 1 5. American White Pelican 1 6. Great Blue Heron 3 7. Snowy Egret 4 8. Cattle Egret 4 9. Black Vulture 7 10. Turkey Vulture 13 11. Northern Harrier 2 12. Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 13. Harris's Hawk 4 14. White-tailed Hawk 1 15. Red-tailed Hawk 4 16. Sandhill Crane 90 17. Black-necked Stilt 2 18. Killdeer 8 19. Solitary Sandpiper 1 20. Greater Yellowlegs 7 21. Least Sandpiper 8 22. Long-billed Dowitcher 9 23. Wilson's Snipe 3 24. Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 25. White-winged Dove 11 26. Mourning Dove 35 27. Inca Dove 7 28. Common Ground-Dove 14 29. White-tipped Dove 6 Coming in to a bird feeder; had 10 at that location day before. 30. Great Horned Owl 1 31. Golden-fronted Woodpecker 2 32. Crested Caracara 9 33. American Kestrel 6 34. Eastern Phoebe 3 35. Say's Phoebe 1 36. Vermilion Flycatcher 4 37. Great Kiskadee 1 38. Loggerhead Shrike 4 39. Green Jay 12 40. Black-crested Titmouse 2 41. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 42. Long-billed Thrasher 2 43. Northern Mockingbird 13 44. European Starling 4 45. Orange-crowned Warbler 1 46. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 47. Olive Sparrow 2 48. Vesper Sparrow 6 49. Savannah Sparrow 16 50. Northern Cardinal 6 51. Pyrrhuloxia 4 52. Red-winged Blackbird 30 53. Eastern Meadowlark 2 54. Brewer's Blackbird 60 55. Great-tailed Grackle 80 56. Brown-headed Cowbird 50 57. Audubon's Oriole 1 58. American Goldfinch 8 59. House Sparrow 15 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