A male painted bunting in all its glorious colors is
sometimes called a “nonpareil,” which means “like no other" in French.
You can understand the nickname when you see this photo of
the beautiful bunting that showed up today in Bob Mislan’s yard in Great Bridge
in Chesapeake.
“I have to admit I was stunned when I saw him at my feeder
here in Great Bridge,” Mislan said. “He sure was hard to miss on this dreary,
wet Saturday.”
Mislan said he wished his photos had been sharper but he was
shooting through a double-paned window.
And he said he hopes the bird comes back so he can
photograph it on a sunny day.
Can you imagine what this photo would have looked like, had
it been taken in sunshine, minus a glass barrier?
I can’t!
A female painted bunting is unusual in her own right. She is
the only truly bright green bird you will see on the East Coast.
Painted buntings nest in the southeast and as far west as
Texas and they winter farther south
But every winter a couple of wrong-way Corrigans will show
up in the Hampton Roads area and often they will stick around for several
weeks.
This year Bob Mislan is one of the lucky ones.
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