I want to thank all who've kept posting on the Painted Bunting, AND the 
gracious home-owners.   It was my second try, and I was the second to arrive 
on the scene this morning.  The bird first appeared, thanks to the sharp 
eyes of my fellow Howard Countian Nancy, at 7:45, when it perched in the 
"holly" (is it really a holly?) for five minutes, then landed on the far 
side of the feeder out of sight.  It reappeared some time after 8:00, again 
in the holly.  An excellent state bird for me!

And we got a two-fer, scoring the White-winged Crossbill, which I managed to 
first see last weekend.  But my companion, not a birder, yet!, got THREE 
lifers, also seeing a spectacularly performing Belted Kingfisher, while we 
waited for the crossbill to RE-appear.

Kurt Schwarz
HowCo
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