These last couple of weeks, no bird has made itself known to me more than the indigo bunting, a sparrow-sized songbird that, true to its name, is vivid indigo in color. Well, at least the males; the ...

A regular happening with songbirds in spring is that they will live up to their names and sing when arriving back from migration. Most of these migrants that nest in the Northland come back from ...

The first time I saw an indigo bunting was right after college. While on a road trip to the West Coast we came upon a flock in a hedge along a rural roadside in western Pennsylvania. Now, 30 years ...

The indigo bunting perching in sunlight is like a sapphire with wings. Glistening intensely blue, it is a gem of a bird. A bird watcher’s attention is first drawn to the bird by its distinctive song, ...

A reader called excitedly to say, "I have a gorgeous little bird with a deep blue color on my feeder, but it's not as big as a regular bluebird. What is it?" I knew that a "regular" bluebird would ...

Stephen Head, president of Lone Star College-North Harris, asked me not long ago what the sparrow-size, aqua-blue birds were that had shown up in his yard. He wasn't the only one who wanted to know.

We studied the effects of breeding stage and behavioral context on the singing behavior of male Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea; n = 15) during the 2004 breeding season in Madison County, Kentucky, ...

While at the sink pouring water for my coffee each morning this week, I have had the absolute joy of looking out the window to see an indigo bunting.This is a small finch with a rich blue, in the ...

Almost all nature lovers would love to emulate Thoreau and retreat to a small, rustic cabin on some remote Walden Pond. In such a peaceful setting and like this noted naturalist, one could, no doubt, ...

July is summer coming to a greater maturity. All the quick growth of May and June has settled into its full developed state by this time. Plants take advantage of these days of warmth and long ...