[Birdtalk] Painted Bunting

[Steve Coleman]

We took a reid out to Fish Springs today to see if the Painted Bunting was still there and it is and put on a great show. 

The ride out to Fish Springs was a lot of fun we saw a lot of Pronghorns, the herd of wild horses, at least a half dozen Golden Eagles two of them really close up eating breakfast, a freshly killed rattlesnake that lost a fight with a car, at least a half dozen Coyotes, a fox at Fish Springs, lots of Jackrabbits, cottontails and ground squirrels.

Other birds seen
Barn Swallows
Raven
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tail Hawk
Prarie Falcon
Northern Harrier
Loggerhead Shrikes
Nothern Mokingbirds
Horned Larks on the side of the road all the way from the end of the pavement to Fish Springs
Magpie
Mourning dove
Western Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Says Pheobe
Marsh Wren
Chuckar
Brown-headed Cowbirds
Many Common Nighthawks
Bullocks Orieole
posible sighting of the female Scalet Tanager
Sage Thrasher
Meadow Lark
Barn owl
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Faced Ibis
Cormerant
Black-necked Stilt
Brewer's Blackbird
a great day and well worththe ride out.

Regards
Steve