John C. Landa Jr., the “Schulenbirder,” sent the photo at left of a painted bunting, which he took on Saturday morning, July 1 at his property off Steiber Road.
“You’ll see these birds start thinning out in August, as they head back to the Yucatan for the fall migration,” he says.
The photo at right shows painted bunting chicks. Landa says, “My neighbor Amber Kohleffel spotted these painted bunting …