Hi, all! Sorry for the late report, but The Crud kept me down the last couple of days. Sunday made a run out to Port Mansfield and Sacahuistale Flats, and despite the dreary weather (and even misty rain at times) came away with a decent list! Lots of water out there, of course, so a Pied-billed Grebe along the Flats portion was nice, along with my FOS Kestrel. The highlight was not only the recurring Altamira Orioles but a singing Audubon's as well; it might have been a dispersing bird from further north. Pulling into town, one of the flooded fields was stuffed with White-faced Ibis and a couple of Whites; one that I photographed looked like a possible candidate for a Glossy, but I'd covet input on that one. My brother Dave would have been terribly jealous as cruising around Port Mansfield a ten-point buck was leading the pack of stags! Around town there were several Eastern Kingbirds and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers hanging out together, and the Bay Access road was still closed, but even if it wasn't I wasn't willing to attempt it considering the condition of the roads. Fred Stone was wondrously productive, however, with a white morph Reddish Egret at the end of the road, plus a group of Semipalmated Plovers, and gobs of Western Sandpipers feeding along the shoreline with Sanderlings and a few Least Sandpipers for good comparisons! The Nature Trail was too muddy (except for the paved portion, of course), and didn't hold any migrants, but I had to laugh: when I pulled up there wasn't a living thing around, but by the time I got my gear together, closed the door and turned around, I was surrounded by deer looking hopeful! Pictures and recordings are here: http://miriameaglemon.com/photo_gallery/2014%20Field%20Trips/September/Port% 20Mansfield.html Bird List: Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens White Ibis Eudocimus albus White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Osprey Pandion haliaetus Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Willet Tringa semipalmata Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Inca Dove Columbina inca Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway American Kestrel Falco sparverius Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Dickcissel Spiza americana Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda House Sparrow Passer domesticus 61 SPECIES Mary Beth Stowe McAllen, TX miriameaglemon.com 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