Date: 04/20/2010

Number: 1

I have watched a lone male painted bunting come to my yard the past two days. The first day he was on top of a picnic table eating bird feed I had on the table and he second day he was on the ground eating bird feed. Hopefully he will be back as this is the first time in the 17 years I've lived here that I've seen a Painted Bunting. I've seen Indigo Buntings before, but never a painted bunting. Looking at the bird books I have, this isn't his normal area. I'm wondering if the recent storms in Texas have moved him further east as I'm located on the Florida Gulf Coast in NW Florida. Anyways,he was beautiful!

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -86.6

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