The Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea) have arrived for the summer, adding more bright color to the woods. They love birdbaths, small seeds, and fruits.
My blueberries will be ripe soon. I’ll be happy to share them with the Indigo Buntings.
Something that astounds me is that they frequently migrate at night using celestial navigation. Amazing.
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They have been gone now, a bit more than a month. Looking at us through their rearview mirrors. An incredibly beautiful bird of blue, the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea).
Flying, perhaps with a planisphere under one of its wings, since it flies at night, using the stars to find its way to its destination. Their winter home will be somewhere between the southern tip of Florida and northern South America.
Wishing them a good winter. I will be looking forward to seeing them again next spring. The returning sight of bright blue will bring joy to my heart.
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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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This morning I saw the first Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) of the season. In this species, the male is a beautiful blue, while the female is soft earth tones.
It’s just the beginning of the return to the Indigo Bunting breeding grounds, coming all the way from southern Florida and some coming from as far as South America. During their migration they fly at night using the stars for navigation. Amazing.
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Yesterday an Indigo Bunting came by to check out the birdbath. A beautiful glowing shade of blue splashing about in the water.
Indigo Buntings spend their winters from extreme southern Florida to northern South America. In the breeding season they’re common in the eastern United States and occasionally can be found in the Southwest. While they’re here their diet is small spiders, insects, berries and occasional seeds.
And on occasion they’ll come by for freshening up here at the birdbath. Which certainly brightens my day.