I finally got some shots of the painted buntings that have hanging around the nature center at Circle B Bar Reserve.
A lady painted bunting was also present.
A juvenile indigo bunting was eating on the ground.
Other usual birds were the gnatcatcher and the yellow rumped warbler.
Sandhill cranes were around, digging in the dirt for bugs.
Lots of birds flying around.
Across the lake, an eagle sits in a bald cypress tree.
Just a few pretty things at Circle B Bar Reserve in mid-March.
Lots of cute little birds around the nature center in mid February: palm wabler, blue gray gnatcatcher, female indigo bunting and several female painted buntings.
Of the course everyone wants the shot of the male painted bunting. We knew there was at least one there but after searching over an hour, I was about to give up when this guy above stopped for a second before taking off again. I snapped this quickly before he was gone only to get a blurry shot.
Red leaves in the winter.
Linking to Wednesday Around the World.
I had heard there were painted buntings at Circle B Bar Reserve in early November. I hadn’t seen one in years so I headed out hoping to see one. I walked halfway down the trail and saw a flash of color fly into the bushes. I could barely see him hiding. I snapped the above in case that was the only sighting I would get.
Farther down the trail, several people were taking pictures of this guy. He was eating close to the trail but we had to shoot directly into the sun.
A few minutes later, he moved outside of the bush but was still directly into the sun.
I continued on and saw this guy fly into the bottom of a bush. He was very accommodating and posed nicely but didn’t stay long. Only for a few seconds.
It’s always fun to see these special birds.
Linking to Saturday’s Critters
A scarlet tanager looking at me. Maybe he thinks I’m after his berry.
A summer tanager with a bug hanging out of his beak.
Another scarlet tanager with a beak full.
A female and male painted bunting.
He has mulberry juice on his beak.
She’s got mulberry pieces hanging out of her mouth.
These birds were chowing down.
Another tanager posing.
So many pretty birds at Fort Desoto during spring migration. The mulberry trees were full and the birds were hungry. We all just stood in a line and quietly watched them eat. The big prize of the day was the painted buntings.There were several at the park that morning. This is the first decent picture I’ve gotten of one. I also took a ton of blue birds More on those later.