[MamaTexan]

And the sound of tinkling water attracts them from miles around to drink and bathe.

Yep, especially these guys:

Painted Buntings are the most colorful birds...too bad they fly back to Central America every year!

[sweetliberty]

The Painted Bunting is very pretty and colorful, like most South American birds. That kind of coloring blends in the jungle, but not too well in most of the climate zones here. I think it's coloring would make it very vulnerable to predators. I don't recall ever seeing one in the wild.