TRACET, J. A. Journal 63 1992 Pools along Golf Course Road, Presidio, Presidio Cr., Texas June 10 - I began the day of June 8 as a rest day in Clinton Canyon. I slept in late. Cooked a big breakfast, wrote up notes, reorganized the packing of two lobos, cooled lance, then mapped a bit before taking a solar- heated shower. I hit the road for the drive to Big Bend at 15:30, ready for the long drive. From Lubbock I called Kelly Bryan for permission to return to Big Bend Ranch, but he said I should call Dave Bug in the morning. June 9 found me short of my destination. Jack E. of Sierra Blanca on east-bound Interstate 10. I pulled over for a brief rest, but I slept for 5½ hours, so I didn't make it to El Davis or DARRA as expected. I called Dave Bug in and on my second call he had already left for Zapata, and wouldn't be back until late into afternoon. I went to Davis Mountains State Park to await his return. I drove outside the park to explore Temple Creek, one of the few places in Texas supporting a healthy population of Common Black Hawk. Kelly told me where the nearest nest was, about 2 miles from the park entrance. I finally found it—so well-concealed & not very-well-shaded against the afternoon sun fully stick nest when an adult foraging some food item was 'attacked' by 2 large & evidently hungry nestlings. There were fair numbers of lesser goldfinches flying about the cottonwoods from here, too. Dave Bug did not return until after dark, so my departure for Big Bend Ranch was delayed until 22:00. Again I got tied on Route and slept most of the night in the front seat of my car. On June 10, I stopped to check a series of ponds along Golf Course Rd in Presidio, at the request of Kelly Bryan. He had been there a few weeks earlier and saw several adult birds that he wanted breeding confirmation for. The ponds are the remnants of an old oxbow of the Rio Grande and are five in number. They are variably heavily margined in Scirpus & Jyphe, with some ponds having tamarisks growing across the margins in