Painted Buntings showed up yesterday and Orchard Oriole chatter is now fairly common. A nice list of early migrants was on the Sightings Board but one had to "work" the woods to get them. The levy trail in Smith Oaks is open, Great Egrets and Neotropic Cormorants are siting tight on eggs and mating spoonbills indicates nest building will start soon. Winnie Burkett Friendswood & the Bolivar Peninsula TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds