Painted Bunting at my feeder (2 Viewers)

I had a big week last week. Not only did a Painted Bunting visit my feeder but I also had a orchard oriole and an Osprey visit my pond. Below is a list of what I have seen this month so far at or near my farm.

1Snow Goose RNR Farms +OK26 Apr 20082Canada Goose Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 20083Gadwall RNR Farms +OK04 Apr 20084Mallard RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 20085Blue-winged Teal Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 20086Cinnamon Teal RNR Farms +OK21 Apr 20087Northern Shoveler Sod Farms +OK11 Apr 20088Double-crested Cormorant RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 20089Great Blue Heron RNR Farms +OK05 Apr 200810Great Egret RNR Farms +OK04 Apr 200811Cattle Egret RNR Farms +OK16 Apr 200812Green Heron RNR Farms +OK15 Apr 200813Turkey Vulture RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200814Osprey RNR Farms +OK23 Apr 200815Northern Harrier RNR Farms +OK10 Apr 200816Cooper's Hawk RNR Farms +OK05 Apr 200817Red-tailed Hawk RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200818American Kestrel RNR Farms +OK04 Apr 200819American Coot Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200820Killdeer Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200821Lesser Yellowlegs Sod Farms +OK10 Apr 200822Upland Sandpiper RNR Farms +OK05 Apr 200823Franklin's Gull Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200824Ring-billed Gull Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200825Mourning Dove RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200826Great Horned Owl RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200827Barred Owl RNR Farms +OK17 Apr 200828Ruby-throated Hummingbird RNR Farms +OK22 Apr 200829Belted Kingfisher RNR Farms +OK05 Apr 200830Red-bellied Woodpecker RNR Farms +OK21 Apr 200831Downy Woodpecker RNR Farms +OK15 Apr 200832Eastern Phoebe RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200833Eastern Kingbird RNR Farms +OK21 Apr 200834Scissor-tailed Flycatcher RNR Farms +OK10 Apr 200835Loggerhead Shrike RNR Farms +OK04 Apr 200836Blue Jay RNR Farms +OK04 Apr 200837American Crow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200838Barn Swallow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200839Carolina Chickadee RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200840Tufted Titmouse RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200841House Wren RNR Farms +OK26 Apr 200842Eastern Bluebird RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200843American Robin RNR Farms +OK04 Apr 200844Northern Mockingbird RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200845Brown Thrasher RNR Farms +OK21 Apr 200846European Starling RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200847Yellow-rumped Warbler RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200848Eastern Towhee RNR Farms +OK26 Apr 200849Chipping Sparrow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200850Field Sparrow RNR Farms +OK16 Apr 200851Vesper Sparrow RNR Farms +OK15 Apr 200852Lark Sparrow RNR Farms +OK21 Apr 200853Savannah Sparrow Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200854Song Sparrow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200855Lincoln's Sparrow RNR Farms +OK08 Apr 200856Harris's Sparrow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200857White-crowned Sparrow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200858Dark-eyed Junco RNR Farms +OK05 Apr 200859Northern Cardinal RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200860Painted Bunting RNR Farms +OK24 Apr 200861Red-winged Blackbird RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200862Eastern Meadowlark Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200863Common Grackle RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200864Great-tailed Grackle RNR Farms +OK15 Apr 200865Brown-headed Cowbird Sod Farms +OK04 Apr 200866Orchard Oriole RNR Farms +OK21 Apr 200867House Finch RNR Farms +OK10 Apr 200868American Goldfinch RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 200869House Sparrow RNR Farms +OK01 Apr 2008

Wow, that is quite a list. Painted Buntings are on my list of - want to see - birds.

impressive list.i loved watching painted buntings at corkscrew swamp florida last december

He was back again this morning with the normal mix of birds at the feeder. Last night the green heron visited my neighbor's pond and I had a field sparrow on the willows next to my pond.

April is a big month with a lot of migrants flying north.

The painted bunting is visiting daily. He likes the "cheap" mixed seed I put out for the sparrows and the peanut suit cake.