record was from Calhoun Co. David True was kind enough to provide this...I somehow had thought it was from the early '90's. Thanks David. "Our records indicate that a Painted Redstart was observed on April 18, 1988 on Matagorda Island. That was the only historic record that I've found on the redstart." ********************************************************************** Brush Freeman 503-551-5150 Cell http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas 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