Ty for sharing!

Great photos!

First I’ve ever seen. So thank you. Very cool bird indeed. Rainbow 🌈

Great shots!

We had to pull our bird feeder out because the rats were chowing down on the seed the birds were dropping.

The birds do leave a mess, but the squirrels clean up behind them. The feeder is on a 5' Pvc pole with a cone that keeps them from accessing the feeder, so they patrol the ground all day long and there is no waste.

The painted bunting is beautiful.

So, I'm curious... As the earth moves throughout the year (longer days, shorter days), the sunlight hits differently and shadows move....
Will you always be able to get the full reflection in the birdbath? Or will you need to move the birdbath again?

the sun is very low and I only get direct light on the bath for a couple of hours and even then it is dappled. I will get much more direct light as the sun moves north. Moving the bath not only gave me the angle needed, but moved it more into what light I have. So the answer to your question is, no I will not have to move it again, it only gets better.

I shot at a high shutter speed to catch the water droplets and high aperture for the depth of field to capture the reflection, so the ISO was an astounding 12,800, which made the photos very noisy.

It looks like that painted bunting was having some fun ...

And all in between and thereafter!

i thought it told the story!

Uniquely beautiful 🤩

I would imagine it to be North America's most colorful!

Beautiful photos of the Painted bunting. Thanks for sharing them.

How lucky you are to have Painted bunting in your area, that frequent your bird bath. I'm sure they are around here in eastern NC, but I rarely see them in the garden outside.

But it’s obviously real.
Very nice.

So sharp with beautiful colors! Nice job!