Gallery Search Results for: Painted Bunting

Indigo Bunting plumage is dull brown black from the pigment melanin. That is, until the feathers meet sunlight. Then the blue wavelengths are refracted & … Read More “Indigo Bunting”

Being eye candy has a downside. Male Painted Buntings are favorite targets in the illegal, but still prevalent, caged songbird trade on their wintering grounds … Read More “Painted Bunting”

Busiek State Forest in southwest Missouri is an awesome location to photograph or just look for migrating birds. I captured this Indigo Bunting with my … Read More “Indigo Bunting”

A painted bunting contemplates its next area to pursue for food while resting on a tree limb.

Even birds like to stick out their tongues at cameras! Indigo Bunting at Felts Audubon Preserve, Florida.

Location: Celery Fields, Sarasota County, FL As indicated by this image, male painted buntings are a striking mixture of red, blue, and green colors. In … Read More “Painted Bunting”

Male Painted Bunting at one of the feeders at Green Cay in Boynton Beach FL on January 6, 2022.