Apr 12, 2025
Imposter
Not a hummingbird.
Painted redstart / pavito alas blancas (Myioborus pictus) at a hummingbird feeder at Beatty's Guest Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.
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Imposter
Not a hummingbird.
Painted redstart / pavito alas blancas (Myioborus pictus) at a hummingbird feeder at Beatty's Guest Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.
Painted Redstart (Myioborus pictus), Madera Canyon, AZ, 2025.
"4 images taken over a total period of about half a second, superimposed to show this everyday acrobatic maneuver of the Painted Redstart"
Source: Steve Colwell via eBird
Painted Redstart
BOTD: Painted Redstart
Photo: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
"The incredible Painted Redstart, a specialty of the southwestern mountains, is perhaps the most beautiful of the warblers. It almost seems to be consciously showing off as it flits through the oaks, turning this way and that, posturing with its wings and tail partly spread. Unlike most of our northern warblers, females of this species are just as showy as males. Painted Redstarts build their nests on the ground, on steep hillsides in pine-oak woods."
- Audubon Field Guide
Evolution of the warblers in the flowering dogwood tree pattern…
https://www.spoonflower.com/designs/13591113-warblers-flowering-dogwood-by-sarahkdesigns
Painted Redstart- such a cool and unusual warbler. I love the tail flipping. A+ bird.
Daily Bird: Painted Redstart
Range: desert southwest mountains - Arizona, New Mexico
More information: here
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