Had a snowy egret and 9 gadwalls at Leftwich Park playa after work today. Also the first time I've seen swallows in numbers - 4 or 5 near me were barn swallows. I estimate there were 20 or so all around the edge of the playa. Also am seeing several chipping and a couple of white crown sparrows in my back yard each evening - not really at the feeder - looks like they're going after the rye grass seed (I let it seed out before mowing it down.) Tom Dolan 69th and Elkridge Lubbock, Texas