Report from South Dakota and Texas

Dave has sent me pictures of deer browsing at the weather service (one of quite a few apparently is shown in the picture). Turkeys cross his lawn periodicially (no picture yet), and Dark-eyed Juncos have started eating at the seed that I forced him to put out on the ground. These I believe are the pink-sided ones; I had seen white-winged ones when I was there. Meanwhile, I went out southwest of Fort Worth this morning and got my first Pine Siskins and Golden-crowned Kinglets of the fall (no pictures of them).