Painted Bunting

Female Painted Bunting hiding deep in a tree.
Painted Bunting, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, May 21, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-5000; f/11; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). I have been wanting a Painted Bunting for a long time as the male is one of the most colorful birds around. Although I did not see the male, I was very happy to get this female into frame. My first photographic evidence occurred on May 21, 2022.

Very colorful male Painted Bunting perched on a small limb of a tree.
Painted Bunting, Acton Nature Center, Acton, TX, June 4, 2022
EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-10,000; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Female Painted Bunting on a bird feeder with a seed in its mouth.
Painted Bunting, Acton Nature Center, Acton, TX, June 4, 2022
EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Male Painted Bunting perched on the tip of a small branch.
Painted Bunting, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, June 11, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Male Painted Bunting perched on a medium-sized branch.
Painted Bunting, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, June 11, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Male Painted Bunting on the ground picking at seeds below a bird feeder, which is not visible in the frame.
Painted Bunting, Acton Nature Center, Acton, TX, June 20, 2021
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/11; 1/320 sec.
Male Painted Bunting standing on the ground.
Painted Bunting, Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Cibolo, TX May 11, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/11; 1/500 sec.
Male Painted Bunting standing in some shallow water.
Painted Bunting, Crescent Bend Nature Park, Cibolo, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/640 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.
Male Painted Bunting taking a bath in the shallow water. Water droplets fill the air.
Painted Bunting, Crescent Bend Nature Park, Cibolo, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-4000; f/10; 1/1250 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.
Male Painted Bunting wet and standing in the water after splashing around taking a bath.
Painted Bunting, Crescent Bend Nature Park, Cibolo, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-5000; f/11; 1/1250 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.
Male Painted Bunting perched on a small tree branch.
Painted Bunting, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, TX May 12, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/800 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.