I just got a new-for-county/location & patch bird...a Swainson's Warbler! In checking eBird, this is only the 3rd record of Swainson's Warbler for Ft Bend County (1 of those looks very suspect). Whoop! Below is the eBird list for my morning bird jog/walk. Good Birding, Mark Scheuerman Sugar Land, TX Riverpark Brazos Trail (Sugar Land), Fort Bend, US-TX Apr 9, 2013 8:11 AM - 10:12 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Submitted from BirdLog World for Android v1.7 53 species Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 White Ibis 1 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 4 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 Swainson's Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Rock Pigeon 6 White-winged Dove 5 Mourning Dove 20 Inca Dove 2 Chimney Swift 2 Rufous Hummingbird 1 Continuing feeder bird Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 1 White-eyed Vireo 7 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Purple Martin 12 Barn Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 20 Carolina Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 At least one continuing wintering bird. Heard well. House Wren 2 Carolina Wren 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 European Starling 3 Cedar Waxwing 75 Swainson's Warbler 1 Wow, new County/Location/Patch bird for me! Only 2nd or 3rd eBird record for Ft Bend. Seen well at close range, albeit briefly. Wasn't expecting this one. Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Northern Parula 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 35 Indigo Bunting 5 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13686990 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org ) 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