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Its colour combination is almost unbelievable. With a deep blue head, an electric green-coloured back, a deep cheery red breast and a crimson eye ring, it looks like something the imagination of a kindergarten child would come up with during art class.The normal range of the painted bunting is the southern United States and Mexico. The closest area to Newfoundland and Labrador where they nest are the southeastern states of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The brain immediately turns into scrambled eggs. What to do? What to do? It is a nine-hour drive from St. John’s to the Codroy Valley. The timing was not convenient, but I couldn’t not go.We arrived on site in the early afternoon. Kellie had gracefully given us permission to visit her lovely parcel of land. A handful of west coast birders were already there.Yet it took us a couple of hours to get our first glimpse. That blue head and red breast stood out in a row of young green alders.
The leaves were farther out here compared to the Avalon Peninsula. Spring was more advanced. There were more spring migrant birds back. This rare mainland thrush is famous for its intricate fluty song. It was singing loudly close to the road for a long time but we could not see it in the dense trees. We got a good recording its song for proof.Warblers were numerous and colourful. There were small groups in migration. At one time, we had four black-throated green warblers, one American redstart and a magnolia warbler in the same small tree. It was a feast for the eyes.
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