Please start sending your posts to texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Please go to //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds and subscribe to the new server. Please start sending your posts to texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I don't know if its the north wind or the rainy weather but the hummers are really in evidence today. I have counted about 20 at times today. There seem to still be a good many Ruby throats among the Black chins and about half females and males. I have had at least 3 Painted Buntings, one Indigo and a Blue Grosbeak lately also so some of the summer birds have arrived David Bryant Kingsland Tx. TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirdsEdit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds