Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Painted Bunting

Cornell’s All About Birds

Huntington East (Jessup)
March 29, 2009
Photo by Bill Hill

Huntington East (Jessup)
March 29, 2009
Photo by Bill Hill

Bethany (Ellicott City)
December 15-24, 2003
Photo by John Kominski*

Bethany (Ellicott City)
December 15-24, 2003
Photo by John Kominski *

Elkridge
January 19, 2016
Photo by Ken Roberidge

Elkridge
January 19, 2016
Photo by Ken Roberidge *

Ellicott City
February 20. 2020
Photo by Kathy Litzinger

Ellicott City
February 20, 2020
Photo by Kathy Litingzer

Ellicott City
January 9, 2021
Photo by Kurt Schwarz

Ellicott City
January 9, 2021
Photo by Kurt Schwarz

Ellicott City
January 9, 2021
Photo by David Sandler

Ellicott City
January 9, 2021
Photo by David Sandler

Ellicott City
January 31, 2021
Photo by Kathy Litingzer

Ellicott City (w/ Purple Finch)
January 31, 2021
Photo by Kathy Litingzer

Painted Bunting

Ellicott City
February 25, 2022
Photo by Kathy Litingzer

For three years a female Painted Bunting visited one or more feeders in the Ellicott City Area. This year, a female flew into a window and died. The property owner contacted Dave Ziolkowski who will deliver it to the Smithsonian so that it is preserved and available for future genetic work.

* Sponsored by Bob Solem