Howdy All! Not a bad start to the Great Backyard Bird Count. I a good deal of the morning finding where the birds are feeding now. They have moved on from the firebreaks that have been very productive most of the winter. There were good numbers at the Blackjack Nature trail and by the beaver pond off of the lake trail. Tomorrow, we'll go back out and try again. Join us for the GBBC edition of birding at Tyler State Park. We will meet at 8:15am at the front office and head into the park. Tyler SP (PPW-E 065), Smith, US-TX Feb 15, 2013 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) 48 species Mallard 4 Canvasback 2 Ring-necked Duck 14 Greater Scaup 2 Lesser Scaup 5 Ruddy Duck 20 Pied-billed Grebe 8 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Black Vulture 8 Turkey Vulture 12 American Coot 35 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 10 Purple Martin 2 Carolina Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Brown-headed Nuthatch 6 Brown Creeper 2 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 Cedar Waxwing 10 Pine Warbler 10 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 40 Fox Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 30 Dark-eyed Junco 50 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Pine Siskin 25 American Goldfinch 40 Good birding, Boyd A. Sanders BBA, CIG Interpreter/Exhibit Tech Tyler State Park 789 Park Rd. 16 Tyler, TX 75706 (903)597-5338 boyd.sanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:boyd.sanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When All Else Fails, Play Dead- Red Green) Learn how you can help Texas State Parks: <http://bit.ly/sVdilb <http://bit.ly/sVdilb> > 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