Date: 1/23/26 10:52 am From: Will Cook <cwcook...> Subject: Fwd: Rainbow colors on a grey afternoon!
Forwarded from our sister group Carolinaleps (with permission)... I believe this is the same sighting David Campbell posted about. Not yet seen again, but hope they get another glimpse!
Will Cook - Durham, NC
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Rainbow colors on a grey afternoon! Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:18:25 -0500 From: Doug Allen <dougk4ly...>
No, this isn't about my first butterfly sighting of 2026. It's what I saw at our Yankee Droll bird feeder at 3:50 PM, the first such sighting since moving here in 2006. We had a male Painted Bunting that only stayed a few minutes, but long enough for my wife to also see it well. I've seen them a few times on the SC coast, in spring and summer, and also in southern Texas and in Mexico. Although I've been birding since 1967, I don't belong to any Upstate SC or other Carolina bird sites for reporting, but I know many of the butterfliers here are enthusiastic birders! Maybe after this next week of very cold weather I'll have something legitimate to report here. Doug Allen Windmill Hill 1130' ASL near Inman, SC 8 miles south of the NC border in Spartanburg County
