Gratuitous name drop

Howdy boys,

Been in S. Texas for the past week, where we saw--amongst much else--Brown Jay:


http://euclid.nmu.edu/~jophilli/brown-jay1.1.jpg


But back to my yard: had my first Sharpie of the season in my yard just before I left town last Sunday (earlyish up here). And a very nice Hoary has been hanging around at the my feeders since my return from Texas. I'll try to post a photo soon.