Please start sending your posts to texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi Texbirds, This morning a female Downy Woodpecker was feeding her fledge in our yard. This probably sounds ho-hum to you Downy-rich folks, but it is a first for this location. Up until now I have only seen DOWOs here as winterers. In the almost 6 years we have lived here I have wished for them to stay for breeding season, but they never did. Today they joined my yardlist of nesting Woodpeckers that includes Golden-fronted and Ladder-backed. I guess it doesn't take much to get me excited...hooray! Lori Markoff far southwest Austin Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds