A painted bunting sports a rainbow of colors. Learn what males and females look like, what they eat, and what they sound like.

Painted buntings are common summer breeding residents on the Georgia coast. They mostly prefer habitats in which they can avoid detection — swampy thickets, woodland edges and bushy areas.

If I have said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: nature is always changing. For some reason we people always think that everything stays the same. But when it comes to nature, it is nev… ...

David Carr highlights the birds, mammals and marine life you might see on vacation from the mountains to the coast.

This week’s featured creature is one of the most -- if not the most -- beautiful birds in the United States. I realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the painted bunting is certainly ...

Yes, a painted bunting, a relatively rare visitor to Santa Fe. They are common in the south-central U.S. and in the coastal southeast, where I spotted my first painted bunting 27 years ago.

Painted Bunting, sometimes called the ‘Nonpareil,’ meaning ‘unrivaled,’ describes the unbelievable colors of a species rarely seen in North Carolina, ...

The painted bunting is sometimes described as the most beautiful bird in North America. It’s seldom seen locally, so its appearance in Raleigh is causing a commotion.

Austin’s Painted Buntings begin showing up in mid to late April and leave in September. The summer range map of the western population includes part of northern Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas ...

The painted bunting is sometimes described as the most beautiful bird in North America. It’s seldom seen locally, so its appearance in Raleigh is causing a commotion.