A male Painted Bunting (photo at right) was seen at a bird feeder on the Windmill Point Road in White Stone on Wednesday, December 27, 2000.  It was confirmed by Jim Wagner and Ellis Squires the following day, and has been seen by other birders since.  As this bird normally summers only on the coastal plain of North Carolina, it is extremely north of where it would be expected to be in the Winter.

Winter Range of the Painted Bunting
 
Natural History of the Painted Bunting

Recent Article in National Wildlife Federation Magazine