On April 7th I came across a Common Gallinule with 7 newly-hatched downy chicks on a wetland at Rangerville in Cameron County. The earliest Texas date of a Common Gallinule sitting on eggs recorded by the Texas Breeding Bird Atlas is May 24th (in the Trans-Pecos). -- Michael Marsden 956-276-4409 San Benito, TX Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner