Grassland-Woodland Trail
Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC
May 29, 2023
Silent Sunday: Painted Bunting
Tag Archives: Painted Bunting
Male Painted Bunting
A male Painted Bunting was perched on a dried reed stem. I tried to shift to a better position…
… but I’d been spotted.
Male Painted Bunting Overhead
A Painted Bunting entertained us with a cheery song from a perch above our heads on Friday. These are not great images but the bird’s colors are pretty amazing.
If he was trying to attract a mate there weren’t any takers and after about five minutes he went on his way.
For a better look at a Bunting’s colors see my post from a couple weeks ago: Male Painted Bunting, Two Views
Male Painted Bunting, Two Views
I think these two views of a Male Painted Bunting are two different birds. Both paused in the sun on some pretty grasses.
I was surprised to see one land near me and then a second one landed very close to the first, alas not to be captured together.
Male Painted Bunting
The male Painted Bunting lives up to his name with colorful patches of blue, yellow and red. This one was enjoying a snack of some kind of grass seeds in an overgrown area at the edge of a lawn.
Distinctly different than the green-brown Female Painted Bunting that I featured last month, they are a treat to see, if only for a moment.
Female Painted Bunting
The female Painted Bunting is drab when compared to the multicolored male, but seen on her own is quite a pretty, in shades of green and brown.
This female flitted increasingly further from me in her quest for a snack.
