The indigo bunting is smaller than the other three blue birds. The word bunting refers to a colorful group of birds within the sparrow family, including this bird and the painted bunting.

What's in a blue jay feather? As it turns out, less color than you'd think. We asked an expert to explain why blue jay ...

Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

As it turns out, there aren't many blue pigments used by birds in general. So any time you see blue or purple on a bird's wing, you can suspect that at least some of it is structural color ...

Indigo buntings are one of the most striking of all the songbirds that appear at the backyard feeders in North America. They are a rare sight and an exciting one with their vibrant blue plumage.

Naturally is a column written by a rotating cast of experts at the NJ Audubon. Within the past two months, I’ve had two ...

No matter how long you’ve been at it, birdwatching always presents new firsts. Wait, I used that sentence to start my column last month. Oh well, another birding first happened recently so I’m ...

The recent five-county Spring Bird Count, conducted Saturday, May 4, by the Elizabethton Bird Club, found 145 species in the five Northeast Tennessee counties of Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and ...

An immature, plumage blue grosbeak was seen among a flock of over 50 indigo buntings at Morrill’s Farm in Penacook on Aug. 17.

Red, white and blue birds of Pennsylvania. Published: Jul. 04, 2018, 10:00 a.m. By . ... Indigo bunting. The all-blue male indigo bunting is sometimes referred to as the blue canary.