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Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Photo by ceherzog
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Field Notes

Description:

A breeding male Indigo Bunting is blue all over, with slightly richer blue on his head and a shiny, silver-gray bill. Females are basically brown, with faint streaking on the breast, a whitish throat, and sometimes a touch of blue on the wings, tail, or rump. Immature males are patchy blue and brown. Wikipedia

Habitat:

Felts Audubon Preserve

Notes:

First pic, immature male, second female, 3 & 4 adult male

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Comments (8)

Lovely series Claire!
Wow, you got so much beautiful birds in the USA.. I'm a bit jealous ;-).. Nice pictures!
Thanks Alice...they're definitely here!
Nice, I talked to Sally, MG and her flock came back(Just outside Myakka park) exacatly when she expected and she feels it is a bgger flock than usual. They nest on her property..

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