Date: 6/3/26 8:25 am From: <chobbs.f1...> Subject: Re: Yes, Sunflower Nature Park
Bob, you are indeed the Painted Bunting Whisperer! Please, please share your technique for finding these beauties?!
Chris Hobbs Lenexa, JoCo <chobbs.f1...>
-----Original Message----- From: Birds & Their Habitats in Kansas <KSBIRD-L...> On Behalf Of Yang, Bobinyu Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 10:35 PM To: <KSBIRD-L...> Subject: Yes, Sunflower Nature Park
A few days ago (5/30/2026), my wife and I found no painted bunting at the Sunflower Nature Park in De Soto, Kansas (see: https://ebird.org/checklist/S349840891). However, a male painted bunting was there last year on 8/12/2025 (see: https://ebird.org/checklist/S266902248). Reluntant to blame painted buntings for being unreliable migrants, we went back today, 6/2/2026, to see if any birds have returned. Sure enough, a drab female dutifully made her appearance. We were parked at (38.941926, -95.011923) to shoot the two photos at 4:51 p.m. shown below: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351631360 So, painted buntings are beautiful and reliable. What more can one ask of a bird? Bob I. Yang <yangb...> Overland Park, Johnson County
