Knock Your Socks Off Color

So many brilliant colors in the birds of summer. This is one, with knock your socks off color, Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea).

A member of the Cardinal family, Cardinalidae, that eats seeds, insects and spiders.

The Indigo Bunting often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. That ability is absolutely remarkable.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

6 thoughts on “Knock Your Socks Off Color”

    1. Hi Diane, way down there in Georgia! So very glad you enjoyed seeing these beautiful birds. They’re not always around, but when they are, I jump at the opportunity to enjoy them.

      Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
      Bren

    1. Oh Judie! The world of nature provides us with so much to enjoy and appreciate. The Indigo Buntings are certainly at the top, or certainly near, the top of the list! The word, “gems” come to mind.

      Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
      Bren

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