A great birding area a Pace Bend Park has been cleared. This is the area on both sides of the closed road from the mailboxes before the park back almost to Grisham Trail. The area that used to be inside the park to the west of the closed road is included. Gone are the finger cactus, prickly pear, grape vines, and scrub. The following link shows plans for Pace Bend. http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/pdf_files/LakeTravis_DraftMasterPlan.pdf and look for TS13A Tract (LCRA) This area has had Bobwhite and many other birds. At Pace bend there are listed quite a few "improvments' and at the LCRA lands on Lake Travis removal of cedar (Ashe Juniper) is listed a removing and invasive. Mollie Kloepper Austin, TX 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