Summer Visitor
 

Summer visitor in Texas...

Didn't leave many colors out of that one did He

What kind of bird?

When God was handing out the colors this little fella kept getting back in line.

O.H.
Appears to be a 'Blue Bird' of sorts. See them only in the Summer down here.
Hoped some one could ID this colorfull little guy..any guesses ? :confused:

It's a male Painted Bunting. Spends it's summers in the southern U.S.A. and northern Mexico and spends it's winters as far south as Panama.

Now all youse probably think I'm a birder or else pretty darn smart. Fact is, we never see them up here in the northern USA, so I had to look it up in Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies. :)

Thanks for the picture. They are getting pretty rare. When I moved to East Texas 30 years ago I used to see them fairly regularly but I havnt seen one in years. I read that alot of them were getting caught for the pet trade in their winter ranges.