A male and female Indigo Bunting have just landed on my feeder. Is there a particular food I should give them? Will they be around all summer? –Amy, Orleans, MA You win, Amy, As I was finishing up ...

Adult male indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea (formerly; Cyanospiza cyanea and Loxia cyanea; protonym, Tanagra cyanea), also known as the indigo painted finch, the indigo finch and the indigo bird, ...

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 ...

Jul. 22—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 ...

Bird House keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are celebrating the hatching of two indigo bunting chicks—a first for the Zoo and the North American population in human care. The female indigo ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- This week's bird will be the Indigo Bunting. This is a very popular and charismatic bird, and this is a great time of year to see them anywhere in the state. The Indigo ...

Bird populations are notoriously flighty: they wax and wane mysteriously, with some species appearing thickly and others virtually disappearing, often for reasons unknown. When a local expert ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...