We started the day at Two Buttes State Park looking for Ladder-backed Woodpecker and hoping to catch more early migrants. The scenery was awesome and our target was quickly located – a pair actually, but they were always in the tops of the trees. We did also add another warbler to the list, this time Tennessee. Next we dropped in on the Lamar Community College, where they have a nature trail behind the campus. Unfortunately we failed to ‘do the double’ with Red-headed Woodpecker – which is proving tricky. Lunch was taken visiting several sites around the John Martin Reservoir State Park and although the various habitats looked good we failed to add anything new to the list. Ferruginous Hawk was a much needed addition on route to our final couple of stops – two adjacent inland saline water bodies – Cheraw Lake and Holbrook Reservoir. Both locations produced the goods – at the first we got reasonable views of breeding (?) Snowy Plover and at the later, two more water birds – Common Loon and Red-breasted Merganser. Oh and another Snow Goose! – this one being a first winter bird.