This beautiful colorful bird is a Painted
Bunting (Passerina ciris). It is sparrow sized (5-1/2 inches).
The female is green above and yellowish below. The song is a
series of high-pitched musical notes. It inhabits thickets, briar
patches and woodland edges. Its diet is seeds and insects.
The nest is a cup of plant material placed
in a bush or low tree. There are from 3 to 4 white eggs speckled
with brown.
This bird's range is in the southern central
portion of the United States. It winters in the Gulf Coast states.