A pair of Indigo Buntings showed up in the yard a week or so ago. Brilliant blue coloring with black markings are striking.
Hard to distinguish sometimes as they will show up as black birds if the light is not right as the bird on the left shows.
The Birthday Boys
11 years ago
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It's great have you have captured the difference in the way they can sometimes appear black. On the other hand, It is so unusual that their top mandible is black and the bottom white and we hardly notice thinking it just the difference in light.
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Wow. These are beautiful. I have yet to see one in my area.
ReplyDeleteIs there something you do that you noticed has attracted these beautiful birds?
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Homesteading in Alaska
Abe, It's just the luck of the draw on the Buntings. We've done nothing to attract them. Only rarely do they go to any of my feeders.
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