Texas: Female painted buntings

The painted bunting is famous for its brightly colored males, but the females are much more understated. Olive-green from head to tail, they spend much of their time tucked into dense shrubs, where their coloration provides excellent camouflage. If you only saw the female, you'd never guess it belongs to one of the most colorful bird species in North America.

Here she is taking a bath and flapping around in South Texas.