I just spotted both for the first time at our rural property in Burleson County. Are these considered rare in this area?
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duffelpud said:
I just spotted both for the first time at our rural property in Burleson County. Are these considered rare in this area?
MIAGD said:
We have Painted Buntings at our house in Midlothian, TX (40 minutes south of Dallas). What is crazy is that we have three pair of Inca Dove. We seem pretty north of their zone as well.
BuddysBud said:MIAGD said:
We have Painted Buntings at our house in Midlothian, TX (40 minutes south of Dallas). What is crazy is that we have three pair of Inca Dove. We seem pretty north of their zone as well.
The range of painted buntings goes into Oklahoma.
Inca Doves range throughout Texas.
They are becoming more rare as white winged doves are taking over their habitats.
To attract painted buntings put millet into your feeder or use a seed blend that includes millet. The doves will also like millet.
We have some regulars around our house. They LOVE digging through coon crap in the middle of the county road. I presume it is the seeds, persimmon or mesquite, etc that they are getting.BuddysBud said:MIAGD said:
We have Painted Buntings at our house in Midlothian, TX (40 minutes south of Dallas). What is crazy is that we have three pair of Inca Dove. We seem pretty north of their zone as well.
The range of painted buntings goes into Oklahoma.
Inca Doves range throughout Texas.
They are becoming more rare as white winged doves are taking over their habitats.
To attract painted buntings put millet into your feeder or use a seed blend that includes millet. The doves will also like millet.
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Cool. What type of habitat was it in? Area of the county? I've looked at thousands and thousands of game camera pics from corn feeders on the north side of the lake. I've gotten pics of almost everything out there but never seen one.
We had a painted bunting male at the bird bath this AM..Allen76 said:
I had two friends, on separate occasions about a month apart, tell me: " I bet you will never guess what I saw the other day".
When I answered (both times) "a painted bunting", they were both shocked. It was glorious to see the look on their face.
Unless you see the color, the painted bunting is so small (sparrow sized) it goes about mostly unnoticed except by bird watchers. They live around me and they pretty much stay in a territory if possible. So if you see one, you will probably see it again in that same place.
I also have a Scarlet Tanager near my house that is the same way. It is also sparrow sized and only gets noticed when you see the bright orange/red. I see it in almost the same place about once a week.
billyjack2009 said:
I've never seen a painted in person. My dream bird to see. Need to get west this summer (I'm in Houston).
That is where my second photo above is from, Juniper blind. My wife and I were there in the RV all last week. Great park.Junction71 said:
If you are ever in Junction go to South Llano River State Park. The park has 4 bird blinds and Painted Buntings visit them every day during summer. I once had 7 males in view at one time. It is probably the most reliable place in Texas to get a close photograph of one. Also, the Hill Country has the highest density of the species as any where in Texas. They love white millet and come to my feeder and water feature almost every day, at least when the house sparrows and white-winged doves aren't monopolizing the area.
We have just the opposite up here on the Guadalupe. We see females on a daily bases. It's the males that are elusiveTony Franklins Other Shoe said:
I've got one regular painted male that comes to my feeder in north SA. My yard backs up to a green belt so I see him daily, have not seen a mate yet, but I know they are much harder to spot and ID due to more muted colors. Before this year I had never seen one, but I've been more diligent in feeding this year.
Bumper crop of cardinals this year, lots of pairs and offspring.