Texbirders, Two Lucifer Hummingbirds, a male and a female, were observed in Terlingua Ranch on Saturday afternoon, February 23rd. That is the earliest date on record for arriving Lucifers. The female is banded and likely the male. He did not waste any time, by evening he was already exhibiting courtship displays to the female. Looks like they beat the Turkey Vultures back this year! There are still Anna's Hummingbirds here in west Texas. We will be doing a banding round tomorrow morning to see just how many. I still predict this is a good year to look for nesting Anna's in west Texas. There are only three nesting records for Texas, two from El Paso and one from Jeff Davis County. KBB -- Kelly B Bryan Fort Davis, Texas To follow the progress of my hummingbird project go to: http://westtexashummingbirds.com/ To support this project, other bird projects and our educational outreach in west Texas go to: http://www.westtexasavianresearch.org/ 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