One of North America’s most gorgeous birds, aglow in the outrageous color combination of red, blue and yellow-green, has showed up at a bird feeder in O’Hara Township — a rarity for Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia's birding community is getting a rare glimpse of a painted bunting that's made a home in and around Bartram's Garden this winter. The species is part of the cardinal family and natively ...

It’s pitch black when I arrive at 5:30 a.m. at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, a sprawling, 2,600-acre nature preserve about twenty miles north of Dallas. After I make contact with my ...

A single Painted Bunting photographed in Dorothea Dix Park in May 2023. The bird also made a rare appearance in the Raleigh, NC park last summer, drawing hundreds of birders from around the state to ...

MANKATO — “He’s not in Kansas, Toto” is likely what savvy and lucky birdwatchers said to their dogs while walking along Red Jacket Trail recently. That trail was one of the locations for a handful of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Members of the Raleigh birding community will toss their binoculars into the car at the drop of a sun hat for a two-hour drive to ...

The painted bunting usually calls the southern U.S. home and travels south at this time of year, but one decided to spend its ...

The Washington Post‘s story about how the appearance of a rare Painted Bunting in Maryland captivated local birders includes an unusual photo credit: It’s by Switzerland’s ambassador to the US.

John Ortego lives way out west of Hattiesburg. I haven’t met John, but I already know that the man can attract wild birds. He wrote to me to report a painted bunting at his feeder. John asked me if ...