Very pretty indeed! What kind are they?

Very pretty, I think they are painted Buntings.

Wow! You're lucky! We haven't seen anything but cardinals with color.

They are indeed Painted Buntings. It's been years since I've seen them - but it looks like the mockingbird has chased them off.

They ARE nice! I've been seeing them since early in April. The Painted Bunting seems to keep as low a profile as possible, hiding in shrubs and trees. But it does have to eat, so it'll come to a feeder...it likes white millet mainly. I've been told that they don't stay long in cities, usually no more than a few days. Here's the gang at one of my feeders earlier today. Painted Bunting and Lesser Goldfinch.

Beautiful

You're lucky Linda. I think the only reason we see them is the large greenbelt behind the house that's fairly undisturbed.

Do they like mealworms at all?

I now have a few finches and phoebes making a mess of the feeder. The Cardinals aren't even around as much.

I haven't tried mealyworms, but I hear they eat insects, so maybe it would work. The females are here now also.