If you think you see a plain green female bursting into song, it’s most likely an immature male in his first year. Bird songs courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology “Indigo buntings love ...

Two recent summer bird counts emphasized some of the more commonplace birds in the region. While American robins and European starlings were extremely abundant, these two birds ar ...

The male indigo bunting is commonly seen as a breeding species ... mottled brown and blue early in winter. Summer female: dull brown, usually with 2 faint wing bars and in­distinct streaking ...

The indigo buntings are smaller than grosbeaks, a little like finches, and dazzling blue all over. Female indigo buntings are a brownish color also. Then a day later, Sanders sent another email.

The much less colorful female blue grosbeak looks more like a typical large brownish sparrow. Although it generally inhabits the same rural habitats, the indigo bunting may be a little better ...

There is nothing like the royal blue of an indigo bunting. In the Northeast, they arrive fashionably late to the spring fling ...

He and his cinnamon-colored female mate may be attracted to grains and seeds at feeders in yards with shrubs. The stunning male indigo bunting is totally blue. One of the most breathtaking sights ...

The indigo bunting’s preferred habitat is brushy areas, grasslands, shrubs, forest edges, and hedgerows. The female of the species is often overlooked since she lacks the flashy color.

Female varied buntings and young males are ... it might be possible for a varied bunting to visit a feeder because indigo buntings do, he emphasizes that such behavior wouldn’t necessarily ...

In August, most birds are quiet except for northern mockingbirds, Carolina wrens and indigo buntings ... defending the territory of a nearby female that's most likely producing her second brood.