Don Baccus wrote:

>Fortunately, because when birding Texas with a british birder friend,
>we felt really stupid going to the dump. It reeks. It's filthy.
>
>The folks working there are crackers, and they're snickering to
>your face when you wave your binoculars at them to indicate why
>you're driving around the dump at 60 mph.
>
>All for a "twitch". We heard a strange crow-like sound from about
>100 yards away when we drove in, took a quick look, and got out
>of there.

Ah, perhaps it does have a distinctive nose, but the Brownsville dump is
worth more than just a drive through. Maybe you were there on the wrong day.
I was there last year with --I kid you not-- a photographer and writer from
"Martha Stewart's Living". She took photos of vultures and crows on the
poles and he looked bemused. The dump didn't exactly become a big part of
the article though. Saw a Franklin's gull there, which was interesting for
those parts.

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