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Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Description:

A breeding male Indigo Bunting is blue all over, with slightly richer blue on his head and a shiny, silver-gray bill. Females are basically brown, with faint streaking on the breast, a whitish throat, and sometimes a touch of blue on the wings, tail, or rump. Immature males are patchy blue and brown. Wikipedia

Habitat:

Felts Audubon Preserve

Notes:

First pic, immature male, second female, 3 & 4 adult male

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8 Comments

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Hey, thanks Karen & Brinschk

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely series Claire!

Brinschk
Brinschk 11 years ago

Wow, you got so much beautiful birds in the USA.. I'm a bit jealous ;-)..
Nice pictures!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks Ali & Kranti

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

So Sweet!

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

Nice series!

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks Alice...they're definitely here!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Nice, I talked to Sally, MG and her flock came back(Just outside Myakka park) exacatly when she expected and she feels it is a bgger flock than usual. They nest on her property..

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

Florida, USA

Spotted on Mar 18, 2013
Submitted on Mar 20, 2013

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