Summer Resident Has Arrived – Indigo Bunting

I’m delighted! This morning I spotted my first Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) in its brilliant garb. It didn’t look tired in the least, although it has just completed a trip from northern South America. Using the stars in the night sky to navigate.

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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.

4 thoughts on “Summer Resident Has Arrived – Indigo Bunting”

  1. Hi Brenda, was this the blue you were referring to that isn’t actually blue? Can you please explain that part again. Something about light refraction.

  2. Such amazing flora and fauna – no wonder you live where you do. Thank you for sharing with the rest of us.

    1. Hi Libby,

      Thanks so much for your very kind comments. I, for sure, love living here and I totally enjoy sharing the world of nature with anyone who will read my ramblings. It’s a pure pleasure.

      Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
      Bren

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