Three users each got a shot of the male Painted Bunting yesterday, including this shot, which was essentially the same shot taken by both birderbf and idbirds (petinkeyworth got the other one):
My goodness but that’s a beautiful bird. Congratulations, everyone!
Update: txbird and rafa each got some more shots of this guy today (Sunday, June 15). Here’s one by txbird and two by rafa (respectively):
These shots aren’t as good as the ones from yesterday, but I wanted to post them to the blog anyway for two reasons: 1) I figure they might help people get a better idea of where to look for these guys, and 2) it’s such a gorgeous bird I can’t help myself. 🙂