Painted bunting

I thought I would share my painted bunting story- see my photo on my profile-

I lived in Maryland -far to northerly fro PBs but for 2 winters I had one that visited our feeders- the 1st year I did not realise how strange this was so it was not a registered sighting, but the following year the excitement was great. A local enthusiast set up a bird cam and we got some great photos of the PB as well as other local birds. The nicest thing was that i sat in my living room or my kitchen and had clear views of this colourful little fellow just a few feet away - what a treat. Twitchers came from 4 different states to see this bird. as we backed onto a cycle trail they set up cameras down there and the little bird did them proud. I went to a ryouth ugby match and got talking to a parent there who lived in DC -about 25 miles away - and she said "oh I have heard there is a painted bunting showing up near by"- she was most shocked when I said indeed there was and it was in my garden!! We sold our house that year and moved back to UK, but my neighbour has not seen it since. incidentally just for a laugh the house details for selling the house listed a "rare painted bunting-conveys with house"!