Painted Buntings documentary, food, habitat, ID, facts, nesting, behavior

[@eduardoarencibia309]

I am originally from the eastern part of Cuba and live now in Louisville, Kentucky. I remember seeing painted buntings flying along with Cuban grassquits. I still remember the first time I saw one on a wet early morning in a grassy area and I was amazed to see such a colorful bird. I am 60 years old now and I must have been 10 when that happened and I still remember that moment. I have seen indigo buntings here in Kentucky, but I have never seen a painted bunting. Migratory birds like the indigo bunting, the painted bunting, and the rose-breasted grosbeak start arriving in Cuba in September and October and leave at the end of March and early April.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

I love seeing these birds return each fall for us as well in keys-I am only 90 miles from Cuba! :)

[@lyn307]

We have had them at our bird feeder for the first time ever! My Aunt Ozelle told me to keep watching for them and I would eventually see one. She was right but we waited over twenty years. Worth the wait!!

[@craigandsnowwadam4511]

Hi Great information!! About 2 weeks ago I spotted a Painted Bunting,..like you a thought 💭 it was a Parrot 🦜,..but a mini parrot 🦜! I live in Orlando,…so I also thought that a bird escaped from Disney, Universal, SeaWorld . NOPE! Today is April 09, 2023 (Easter Sunday “ every day I’ll see them visit my feeders !! What a treat!! Thanks for all the facts about this most beautiful Bird! Be a bird brain eat a nut tonight!! LOL!

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

That’s where I lived when I saw my first painted bunting😍 it was always around February March that I would see them when I lived there. They are such cool birds!!

[@franklinmiami]

Saw my first painted bunting yesterday eating from my feeder. Female also present. Highlight of my birding viewing in a long time!

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

I await their return every year!😍

[@bridgettemeyer6326]

I do have painted buntings at my feeders in the summer. I am in the southern coast of NC, and I feel very blessed to see them here. It is my understanding that they are very rare here and only came up this far in the last 15 -20 years maybe? I have had them for the last 5 summers at least. They are beautiful, and they excite me so much. Thank you for the information about them. 😁

[@jaykuchera5058]

(You have such a relaxing voice).I'm 62, lived in South Florida my whole life. Never saw a painted bunting until today! This winter, my friends have reported new sightings, too.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Thank you, and I'm so happy to hear you got to see one!!

[@johnlamparelli7243]

we are just north of Tampa,we have eight pairs of female and male painted buntings at our feeders all winter long every year,our backyard has hibiscus and a variety of mature bushes which they stay in,we also provide clean fresh watering stations,they seem to get along well as I have watched four males all sharing the same feeder,of course this is not mating season

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Beautiful birds! First time I saw one I thought it was an escaped parrot! I had no idea what they were!

[@carolpalmer2591]

Have had a female coming to my feeder near downtown Orlando for the past two weeks and saw a male this morning. He was stunningly beautiful.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

I just love the painted buntings! I’ve got 2 females that have been here all winter so far as well💖 except through spring!

[@helenlovetre7537]

I set up feeders in my yard this year…I’m in Royal Palm Beach Florida… I have two males and two females that visit my feeders daily. They seem to prefer the caged tube feeders. I saw the females first I thought they were green finches and a few days later I spotted the male and realized they were female buntings… absolutely beautiful birds

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Yes I’ve also noticed they like. The caged tube feeders best! This is definitely their time of year so enjoy them for the next few months for sure!

[@Miami.grackle]

I’ve had 4-5 come to the yard since about 2017. Usually arrive in late September-October (saw a male once in late August) and leave around the first of May. Last year two remained till May 9th. Besides white millet, they like the little berries of rouge plant (rivina humilus), seeds of ‘wild bamboo’ (lasiacus divaricata), and the fruits of gumbo limbo. Some unusual things include Cape honeysuckle- they, along with cardinals, eat the flowers (!) and drink the sweet liquid from ‘extra-foliar nectaries’ found on the leaves of wild tamarind (lysiloma). These are intended to attract ants that protect the foliage, but the buntings, and some warblers, often steal it. They really are something else. I’m in Miami, so the plants I mentioned are common in south Florida. Thanks for the video!

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Yes!! I have these plants as well, they do well the Florida keys! 😉 my cardinals and buntings also like my fire spike plant😄

[@davidkrupa2908]

Finally saw first bunting this summer. Now we have them everyday at wife’s feeders Finest looking bird in my 68 years of bird watching

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

They are beautiful birds!!

[@ElaineLenz-y7i]

I finally have a painted bunting coming to my feeder outside of San Antonio, TX at the edge of the hill country. He has been coming since the end of May 2023. Most of our trees are oak, elm and cedar. This is the first time I have ever had a bunting at my feeder. I have seen one at a nearby neighbor's feeder but never at mine. I feel so lucky and thoroughly enjoy seeing him each morning. I wasn't sure what the female looked like so your video has helped and now I will look for her.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

That so awesome to hear!!! Looks like you have the western migration species breeding in summer in your area. Painted buntings can take a while to find a new feeder so keep your feeder stocked, and they will most likely return each year and stay till the end of the season!

[@FollowThomas]

One of the most colorful bird in the world. Nice video.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

I love when we get them in winter :) Such beautiful birds!

[@doofy28]

@@FloridaKeysBirding It's my most common bird at the feeder in central FL.

Nice video, Greetings from Italy, Like n.4

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Thanks! I hear Italy is beautiful❤

[@janetaylor8322]

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE THE MALE PAINTED BUNTING COME TO MY FEEDER TWO DAYS AGO....SURE HOPE HE REMEMBERS WHERE HE WAS EATING...HE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL

[@bridgettemeyer6326]

Give them a tube feeder with white millet seeds. They love them! At least, at my house that is the feeder they frequent, and I have several feeders with different things.

[@sarahhughes9579]

Thanks for the information! Just saw a painted bunting at my feeder today in Dade City Florida. So BEAUTIFUL!

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

That are so gorgeous!! They are like a crayon box lol

[@strgzr1175]

lucky you,I just photographed one in my home in sw fl.. beautiful ,amazing colors..

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

I love finding these at the feeder 💗💗

[@hucks1000]

They do look like a tiny parrot/escaped pet - I'm glad you said it because I've always thought that. Right out of the crayon box SO true! I have sooo many of these around this time of year...so fun to listen to....but gosh they're so tiny they're hard to for me to locate in the trees. The males really do fuss with eachother. Thanks for a great bunting video!

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Thanks!! Mine are all gone for summer but will return usually around October November ❤️ and yes they look just like a crayon box 😄😄😄

[@maryamedlock4233]

I live in central fl. I have a couple that come every October and leave in April. They are just gorgeous. We used to have them outside of Charleston South Carolina when I lived there.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

So far I’ve had a few females a maybe 2 males that have come to visit all winter😍

[@CharismaticPlanet3822]

great video

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Thanks!

[@puertoricanhammer6987]

Great vid like always

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Thanks!:)

[@lauratilley4603]

I have a female and male visit our feeder everyday here in North East Georgia . Spring in April 2022.

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Love it! They are such cool birds! They ones I have seen are quite shy! I usually have sneak around to get photos of them lol

[@renecordova325]

A male crashed into my window. I found him on the ground, out cold! Held him and admired the unusual coloring. I set him on my knee as I sat down. He looked around for about one minute the flies off into a nearby tree. His bright color pattern looked like what a six year old child would color a bird! A royal blue head with a thin gold band around his neck where the color changed to a red breast. A grey back with a large round spot (of a different color, not sure of this color) on his back. This is central Texas.

[@lyn307]

That is amazing!! You probably saved him from a 🐈!!!👍

[@jennaleaf8256]

Lucky you!

[@Zhorellski]

My Friend photographed a Male in Santa Barbara California this week!

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

The males are so beautiful 🤩

[@Demiurge66]

I was lucky to see them migrate through my little desert small town in California. They were up on a big tree and I also attracted one to my bird feeder too

[@debraneiggemann5005]

Wow we just seen the buntings here in our yard never seen any prior to now we actually have 3 2 male one female right now not banded we are in Lehigh acres Florida

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

That’s awesome! They are definitely on the move! Especially through southwest Florida right now!

[@rickrose5069]

So I'm in fort Myers 20 plus - they about it up here!???

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Are you already seeing buntings?!! Its early for migration so that's amazing!

[@rickrose5069]

Are they know to be up here

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

@@rickrose5069 yes you can find them during migration time which has already begun! You should see some around Sept/Oct.

[@bridgettemeyer6326]

I am in southern NC and they just left it seems, so they should be headed your way! 😁

[@billyeksi9553]

I have this birds in my yard past 14 years they show up end of September until they migrate I think January February

[@FloridaKeysBirding]

Yep thats about the same for us! Ours just arrived October.