Nice! I returned home from my eastern trip after finally killing one in SC and killing a very willing participant in Ohio to find my 16+yo Dalmatian had reached her end. She died and we got a new dal puppy that weekend...and I'm finally recovered enough to muster the energy to start chasing Merriams. My BIL flew to Denver and just rolled in at 11:45. I'm taking him and his son to the honey-hole in the am...well, in two and a half hours. 38 degrees, 20-25mph wind, two hours of sleep...yee haw! I usually return home to find spring has sprung...I've been freezing my ass off for the last two weeks, and it's getting old. I hope I can put them on birds, but if not...I'll show them these pics. Those look like thumpers!