Lazuli Bunting

Photo by Martin Reid

Lazuli Bunting - Village Creek (Tarrant Co.), May 1994. See range map.


Possible Hybrid

The first image shows a fairly normal-looking Lazuli Bunting singing in western Tarrant County (west of Fort Worth), Texas on May 12, 1999 (photo by Patty Williams). There are about a dozen records of Lazuli Bunting from Tarrant County, all in the period 30 April - 15 May, and multiples have been noted (three males in the same tree on May 4, 1991; a male and a female 200 yards apart on 12 May 1997); none stayed more than 2 or 3 days:

For more views of this bird, visit the TBRC Rogues' Gallery site. Text by Martin Reid

 

Photo by Ray Chancellor

Lazuli Bunting - 5-15-2008. West end of Meadowmere Park, Lake Grapevine

 

Photo by Ray Chancellor

Lazuli Bunting - 5-15-2008. West end of Meadowmere Park, Lake Grapevine

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