Texbirders, A Prairie Falcon flew in front of our car while driving north on Pattison Road, this afternoon, 12-Jan-14. We were just south of Hebert Road (north of Brookshire). Steve, thanks for heads on your trip on the area. We did see hundreds of Pintails near 362 at Morrison Road. A couple of photos of the Prairie Falcon and other birds north of Brookshire are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43703131@N05/sets/72157639704945175/ I got some dark photos of the female Common Merganser at sunset on Saturday, 11-Jan-14 (not 10-Jan-14 per embed info), which I'll leave up for a while at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43703131@N05/sets/72157639711553714/ Deloris took some photos of the Nutmeg Mannikins in three stages of plumage and an Orange-cheeked Waxbill on 8-Jan-14 at Buffalo Run Park: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43703131@N05/sets/7215763966384 Please click on photos to read further descriptions with each photo. Paul Sellin SW Houston 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