I thought the Prince George's County Painted Bunting was going to make
just a single visit.  I hoped it would return regularly allowing me to
post its schedule.  But, as always, reality takes the middle road.  Now,
after three days and *way* too much time spent waiting for its return
(since the first sighting, I spent less than 2 hours of daylight away
from the site, though not all of that time was full-time, serious
watching), I can report 5 sightings as follows:

March 31 10:02  -- present for about ten seconds
April  1 10:10  -- flyby
April  1 12:15  -- present for about 5 minutes
April  1  3:15  -- present for about 5 minutes
April  2  9:40  -- flyby

The two flybys would hardly count as evidence of the bird's presence if
it weren't for the other three sightings.  At 3:15, I managed a couple
of pictures which I posted

<http://www.mozurkewich.com/pabu/paintedBunting.html>

Logistics for seeing this bird are difficult.  Assuming all 5 sightings
are legit, it works out to something like one sighting for every 5 hours
watching.  Those are not good odds, particularly since three of those
sightings were far from satisfactory.  Also, there is no place inside
with a good view of the feeders and although it seems to tolerate me
walking around the yard, I don't know how it will respond to a mob of
people milling around and I'm not particularly interested in finding
out.  However, the yard is big and a couple of people at a time will
probably be okay.  So if you have *way* too much free time (or you are
feeling lucky), you are welcome to contact me to set up a chance to give
it a shot.

and good luck,

Dave
-- 
David Mozurkewich
Seabrook, PG MD
mozurk at bell atlantic dot net

P.S.  For anyone interested in attracting their own Painted Bunting,
this bird seems to prefer safflower to sunflower seeds.