I am so excited I could not wait to post this picture!!!  I was sitting at our dining room table having lunch with the kids and noticed a tiny bird among our weedy grass.  I kept seeing bits of red, but was not sure if it was a leaf or part of the bird plumage.  My far-sight is not as good as it once was, so I asked the kids to take a look see.  Madilynn immediately spotted the various colors.  I grabbed my camera, slowly made my way out the back door, half in, half out and instructed Mitchell to get my zoom lens.  I was able to snap this photo before the little bird was startled by my inching closer.  I am still in disbelief we were able to spot a bird other than our usual Mourning Dove, Robins and now Northern Cardinals which are a plenty.  We grabbed Mitchell's second-hand National Audubon Society, The Sibley Guide to Birds and finally identified our new find as a Painted Bunting!

Such a beautiful bird, the good Lord made for our pleasure!