Easter's Best

Great capture

Nice. I like the brilliant colors and detail.

Very pretty bird. Gotta love the colors on a Painted Bunting. Nice pose.

Happy Easter to you too, Howard. Great shot. I like the direct look that he's giving you.

This is a beauty Howard.
May

Excellent Howard! Beautiful bird. Happy Easter to you.
Bill

Happy Easter Howard.Wow what a beautiful bird. Great light and pose.

What a great shot. I'm envious. Beautiful colors, background, pose, perch.

This is just beautiful, Howard

You are such an expert on attracting birds...please give me some hints/plants, birdseed, etc to attract this wonderful bird. I know Richmond, TX is in it's range. Also, are they here for only certain times of the year?

Like those colors

The combination of multiple feeding stations, with various types of seeds is where you start.
We have a small pond/stream with fresh water running though that's the biggest draw Lucy.
The warblers are drawn to the sound of the fountain, and can hear it from a quite a distance.
It also helps that we live in the country as well I suppose, and the land has never been 'cleared'. No city noises either.
Yes, the Painted Bunting migrates through Central Texas like many do Lucy.
They're here from April through late spring as I remember..

Here's a little Nashville Warbler from this morning.
Dark & cloudy all day with a bit of rain, so its low light.

Happy Easter

What is there about this image not to like about this image. I remember the first time I saw a painted bunting, it was like a neon sign flying by.

Beautiful colors in the Howard and also nice comp and placement of the perch in the frame. This gets me excited....heading down to your state in exactly 3 weeks!!! Can't wait to see and photograph these guys again...they are a blast.

Hope to see one of these someday.... Amazing, what a colors on this bird. Great shot ! Cheers, Hans

Beautiful shot Howard. Maybe darken the brighter leaves just a tad, but a minor nit on a super portrait.

Well done my friend. God bless Texas on her day of Independence.

Gorgeous bird, Howard. Light is simply perfect IMO to bring out the color and detail so nicely. Excellent capture.

Dang, I almost missed the beautiful little Warbler. Where as one is so proudly painted the other is so softly colored. What a wonderful natural world we have around us......

Gorgeous, Howard. Incredibly rich colors without oversaturation.

A Beauty for Sure Looks like a great place you have out there Howard.

Sweet Photo!

Thanks Howard,
I just bought a different kind of feeding station this week. I wish I had a running stream, but I am going to use one of my horse troughs and put in a waterlily and a "bubbler" fountain. I say a "running stream" , as we do have a, usually, dry stream nearby, that runs to the Brazos River down the street. And I would want "flowing" water, as water moccasins, just love still water!!! And, I just HATE them!!!


I have a shallow bird bath, but...geez, it dries out so quickly here! I have to fill it almost every day
We do live in the country, and I am surrounded by lots of pasture land including all my neighbors. It's funny, that my parents always had painted buntings in Pensacola at their feeder. And they were in a town setting I did see an indigo bunting a couple of times last year. I hope he comes back!

Stunning Howard! I love this image.

Ray