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Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Photo by dferris
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue bird with black wings. When I checked the bird song on my phone for the indigo bunting, this little guy immediately flew down after playing the audio. It landed on a post in the garden and began frantically flapping its wings, which I assume is a territorial display.

Habitat:

Open field within a hardwood forest

Reference Links:

Indigo Bunting, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedMay 29, 2016

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