Gary Helm
Painted Bunting (Male)
With their vivid fusion of blue, green, yellow, and red, male Painted Buntings seem to have flown straight out of a child’s coloring book. Females and immatures are a distinctive bright green with a pale eye ring. These fairly common finches breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they often come to feeders. Painted Buntings winter in the southern half of Florida and Cuba, Mexico and Central America. During spring migration, Painted Buntings may be seen at coastal southeast migration hot spots.
They are back ! They showed up last year in December and stayed for a while. Glad to see they made it back this year.
My backyard Lake Wales, Florida.Polk County.
Painted Bunting (Male)
With their vivid fusion of blue, green, yellow, and red, male Painted Buntings seem to have flown straight out of a child’s coloring book. Females and immatures are a distinctive bright green with a pale eye ring. These fairly common finches breed in the coastal Southeast and in the south-central U.S., where they often come to feeders. Painted Buntings winter in the southern half of Florida and Cuba, Mexico and Central America. During spring migration, Painted Buntings may be seen at coastal southeast migration hot spots.
They are back ! They showed up last year in December and stayed for a while. Glad to see they made it back this year.
My backyard Lake Wales, Florida.Polk County.