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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Something like a sapphire flits past your binoculars. You hear the chirp of a canary, or so you think. But this bird is something all its own. It's an indigo bunting, and it's singing its way into ...

There is nothing like the royal blue of an indigo bunting. In the Northeast, they arrive fashionably late to the spring fling, behind the vanguard of migrating warblers and other songbirds. On my ...

An indigo bunting chirps at the Washington Works Nature Trails recently. The park along Dupont Road is home to a wide variety of wildlife and plants. If you have a recent photo that showcases the ...

Within a couple of weeks, two colorful cousins will begin to arrive in Mid-Missouri and by early May will be setting up nesting operations and singing from sunrise to sunset. You can’t miss these ...

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 ...