With all the ugliness in the news lately, this story is a nice change-of-pace.
Isn’t this a beautiful bird?
I mean, hey, fuggedaboudit!
Via NY Post:
Birders are flocking to Prospect Park to catch a glimpse of a rare bird that touched down in Brooklyn over the weekend.
At least 100 avian enthusiasts a day are showing up at the park’s LeFrak Center to see the Florida tweeter — called a painted bunting — with its multicolored plumage….
“When I first tried to photograph it, I was literally shaking so much I had to calm myself down to get the shot,” he said.
This is the first adult male painted bunting that’s ever had a recorded visit to Brooklyn — and one of only 10 birds of his species to have arrived since 1927, according to data compiled by the New York State Area Records Committee….
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Looks like the famous red breasted booby usually found in the Kardashian habitat.
lol, too funny midget
Very lovely Shifra!
And a partridge in a pear tree…Merry Christmas!, Mr. Brooklyn Painted Bunting.
I like the descriptions people are saying.
“It’s like a unicorn emerging from the fog.”
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151202/prospect-lefferts-gardens/rare-painted-bunting-brings-birdwatchers-flocking-prospect-park [nice closeup pic]
‘”It’s like the Liberace bird,”‘ ‘“It’s a very skulky bird,” said Rob Bate, president of the Brooklyn Bird Club, “down in the weeds, feeding on seeds.”’ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/nyregion/painted-bunting-bird-making-rare-brooklyn-visit-adds-color-to-a-dreary-day.html?_r=0
I read on one website that partial credit is being given to having planted native grasses some years ago (oatgrasses) whose seeds the bird feeds on.