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Anybody Know what to call this bird?

Started by wress, 05/10/2005 10:28PM
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William Earl
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I saw this on our feeder today. North central Texas.

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Posted 05/10/2005 10:37PM #1
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I beleive it is a Painted Bunting.
Look in the "Birding Optics and photos" forum from a couple of days back. I think it was Kurt that posted some photos.


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Posted 05/11/2005 01:12AM #2
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Robert is right, that is a Painted Bunting.

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WOW! I've not seen a painted since I moved from southern Florida to central Florida.

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