Painted Bunting

I interrupt our Corpus trip to bring photos that I took Saturday evening....

I have a mental list in my head of photos that I would like to take in my life time...and Saturday I can check one off my list, YEA!!

Friday evening I was outside and saw a Painted Bunting eating off the Sorghum plant and thought oh sweet but at the time it was too dark to attempt a photo...So Saturday evening I set outside with the Camera and tripod and guess who was back?

The Painted Bunting...and sheesh is he gorgeous!

Look at the colors on his back...Blue, Yellow, Green Red, Purple, Orange...

I am definitely planting Sorghum in the garden next year!!

The first birdbook that I ever owned has a picture of a Painted Bunting on the front cover and I was always awestruck by this bird. I even attempted a painting of my own, lol...In later years I had heard a story that the Indians told regarding this bird...When the Great Spirit gave all the birds of the worlds their colors this little bird was the last one. The Great Spirit decided to give him all the colors that were left on the color palate and that is why the Painted Bunting has so many different colors...I never honestly thought I would get a photo of one but as I always say..."Never say Never!"....

I was so excited and had to share....