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When God was handing out the colors this little fella kept getting back in line.
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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 ? 
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05-31-2012, 04:31 PM
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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. 
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05-31-2012, 05:57 PM
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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.
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