Greetings All: After the eagle adventure at Muleshoe NWR I headed on south to the metropolis of Morton (Cochran County). One of my favorite spots in Morton is the city park which features a small pond (I could throw a brick across it) with a tree-festooned island in the middle. This island has kicked out an amazing number of good migrants over the years ... and the pond gets some surprising waterbirds. Upon my arrival, I noted a small green job (probably an interesting warbler) bolt from a patch of tall weeds on the near shore to the island. Binoculars in hand, I strode boldly towards the weedy patch, hoping to get a closer look at the little green job. As soon as I hit the edge of the weeds, a half dozen or so small birds burst out of the weeds and headed for the island - including one adult male Lazuli Bunting, one adult male Indigo Bunting, and one adult male Painted Bunting. I'm sure that there are plenty of places in Texas where one can score this particular trifecta but I warrant that Morton City Park is one of the least likely looking spot for such a magical manifestation of migrants ... ... and my region, by dint of drought and very spotty and ephemeral patches of vegetation, is full of such gems. Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock 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