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Painted Bunting, Friday PM YES

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Rick Sussman

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Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:31:54 EST

Hi all,
I just got back from Arnold,AA County, and viewing the Painted Bunting. I  
arrived at about 12:15 and found Jan Brose (Montgomery County) standing watch.  
She said she had been there about an hour without seeing the bird. We waited 
and  watched, watched and waited. Some other birders came and went, being on 
tighter  schedules than us. About 1 PM or so I saw a bird fly into the bamboo, 
and I  looked at it through my bins, announcing it to be THE bird (but not 
enough  of a look to count). It went deeper into the bamboo and disappeared  for 
about 15-20 minutes or so, then finally Jan saw it on the green feeder. This  
was just as Tom Feild  and friend were leaving so I shouted to  them and they 
got on the bird too. Another woman appeared and she also got  looks, however 
brief. I was able to snap 6 good digi-scope pics of the  bird.

A really pretty male, and a lifer for me too! And only my first trip  there! 
The bird seemed very wary as it fed, and left the feeder only to arrive  back 
a few moments later. This was its MO while we watched for about an hour or  
so, off and on the feeder. Other birds at the feeder were chickadees and a lone  
Chipping Sparrow. Rather a quiet feeder mid-day.
 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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