My sister’s land is in the scrubby hills near Marble Falls, Tx. She sees Painted Buntings fairly frequently but I got to see one about a year ago.
Very cool. I was on the Florida/Georgia border a couple of years ago, and the park ranger told me that the Painted Buntings would be coming through in April or May, and to come back then. Fat chance. This was February and I had been visiting family the week before. And guess what? Lockdowns happened a couple of weeks after we got back to Indiana. I have no idea when I’ll get a chance to see one, but the photos of them are stunning. You and your sister are blessed!