Vacation day birding with warblers, tanagers, and more spring migrators was a fun escape into nature with my husband. I love how the peek of cloudy sky behind this Indigo Bunting creates a full moon effect.
Here is a photo of an indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea). There were a bunch around for a few weeks last spring and I look forward to their return this year.
"You can attract Indigo Buntings to your yard with feeders, particularly with small seeds such as thistle or nyjer. Indigo Buntings also eat many insects, so live mealworms may attract them as well." - allaboutbirds.org
You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.
This indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is definitely a pretty bird. I haven't fed the birds today because I'm trying to see if the pigeons will give up and go away.
High drama ensues at one of the feeders hanging from my fence. There appeared to be a takeover, this morning, by a gang of indigo buntings. I think the bird in retreat may be a cardinal or maybe a house finch. These kinds of things are interesting to watch, but I often don't even notice until I start looking at the photos.
I'm pretty sure this is a female indigo bunting. only because I have other pictures to compare it with where the plumage doesn't look like a fur coat. Or perhaps it's a juvenile ... I wouldn't know because I have no idea what a juvenile looks like. Merlin is no help; I've tried it several times a got a different result each time - mostly owls. I'm open to suggestions, there is no ego in my bird game.
This indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) looks like he's on a mission. This would be a good patriotic poster for birds. Either that or he's simply stretching is neck to see better.