Dear texbirders, I joined this mailing list only a few weeks ago, when I suddenly decided with a friend of mine to spend Apr 17th-26th in Upper Texas Coast. We visited, of course, High Island several times, Sabine Woods, Rollover Pass, Bolivar Flats, Lafitte Cove, Brazos Bend State Park etc., just to name a few of the many sites visited. I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks for all the kindness, hints and help we received from local birders during our trip. You are absolutely wonderful people! During our trip, we recorded 213 species, including many interesting species (waders in particular) for a visiting European birder. We even saw the Ruff at Anahuac, but for some reason we were not quite as excited of that bird as many of you seemed to be... There are some images from our trip at http://jyrkinormaja.1g.fi/kuvat/Matkat+Trips/USA+-+Texas+IV+2014/. Time allowing, new photos will be added to the folder irregularly during next couple of months. It was a great trip to Texas â hope to return one day! Jyrki Normaja ----------------------- Mr Jyrki Normaja jyrki.normaja@xxxxxxxxxx Chairman, Rarities Committee Finland Turku, FINLAND 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