The painted redstart is a gorgeous bird that moves around so fast it is hard to photograph. It flits around, wings and tail whirring, jerking, in constant frenzy. They are insectivorous and apparently this behavior stirs up the insects. I saw a redstart up Madera Canyon and was unable to get a decent photograph. The photographs below were taken up Miller Canyon, in the Huachuca Mountains.
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| Another Arizona/New Mexico extension of a Central America and Mexico bird, but it extends further into the U.S. than a lot of the other southeastern Arizona specialties. |
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| Illustration from Birds of the World. |
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