He's a Special One!

First sighting this year of the painted bunting - so rarely get to spot one. Definitely the most colorful little bird I know.

[Holly]

Wow, that is one colorful bird! Never heard of it. It's gorgeous. Nicely done!

[Charles]

Beautiful colors. Great catch.

[Islandgirl]

Wow this look like a miniature exotic parrot, congrats on the great find Milanie!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely shot

[Susan]

I'm so jealous, I spotted one - once - 2 or 3 years ago, by the time I was back at window with camera he was long gone! lol! Fav!

[Susan]

What a beauty! Love all the colors. I have never seen one of these in the wild before.

[gloria jones]

Fabulous shot...what a beautiful, colorful bird...love the feather colors

[Sue Jenkin]

absolutely gorgeous bird and you have a wonderful shot of it, nicely done!

[Anne Pancella]

That is awesome.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wowee that is one awesome bird and a wonderful capture! instant fav

[Tony]

Brilliant bird, fabulous capture. Fav

[Kathleen Hinkaty]

Wow what a beauty! The colors are just amazing! Fav

[Frances Tackaberry]

Gorgeous - FAV!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Looks like a little bird that got trapped in a paint factory and managed to get a little bit of every color on its feathers! Fav!

[Ann T.]

Very pretty! Love the colors. Nice shot.

[Ann T.]

What kind of bird is this?

[Rick]

Awesome capture. That is one colorful bird.

[Milanie]

@aat3877 It's an indigo bunting - Generally don't catch more than one a year almost always in the same area.

[Yeshanghai]

Amazing colors

[Gayle Sears]

The colors really are amazing.

[sally agnew]

Oh my, I have never ever seen one of these little beauties, the colours are quite amazing. Thank you for sharing Milanie :)

[mzbull]

Oh wow... instant fav

[aikimomm (phoebe)]

Whoa!!! That's quite the capture!

[Cherrill]

What an amazing bird! never seen one of these before! What a capture!

[Issi Bannerman]

Amazing. NEVER seen a bird like this. Instant fav.

[Pam Knowler]

What a fabulous little bird with such an array of stunning colours! I would love to see one! Great capture! Fav!

[Lee-Ann]

Beautiful bird....you have some great birds in your area.

[Denise Wood]

First time I've ever seen one of these :) Fav

[Dione Giorgio]

Instant fav. What a show of colours he has!!! Never seen anything like him.

[Martin]

A cracking little multi coloured bird you do have so many interesting birds.

[Richard Sayer]

Well done on capturing this little fella - so exotic but unassuming with it. Fav.

[Dianne]

Wow - looks like nobody could decide which colour he should be, so used a bit of them all!

[Pam]

Wow! How awesome to see this little guy! His colors are beautiful!

[Margaret Brown]

Wow, this is beautiful, I have never come across one of these,he is so handsome but also looks as if he has been splashed with a paint palette ! Big fav

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful bird! fav

[ShirleyB]

Huge fav. Looks like a child has had the crayons out and coloured it.

[Christine Webb]

Oh Melanie this is Gorgeous the colours are outstanding fav

[Milanie]

@skipt07 @craftymeg @shirleybankfarm @sangwann My thought is that he flew through a busy paintball game!

[Graham Thresher]

Amazing.

[Jan Rose]

Lovely colours.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Are you lucky or what. gosh this little guy is gorgeous. fav

[eDorre]

Amazing! Fav! Wonderful! You have such a great birdie eye!

[Kat]

Spectacular shot, birds are awesome!

[Nicole]

he looks awesome with those bright colors!!

[Ann]

Wow,,,fantastic.fav.

[Joan]

First one I have ever seen thank you fav

[Anita Russell]

So pretty

[Nick]

That's amazing! fav

[Kareen King]

Wonderful capture. Belated fav and congrats on the TT.

[Susan]

Congrats on making TT this week, Milanie! Well deserved, love this shot.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

What a beautiful bird and what a great picture!

[Yeshanghai]

Congrats on TT!!!

[stephanie dp]

that is an amazing capture! beautiful bird