Our friends at MoBugs sent these pictures of an Indigo Bunting. Caleb and I have been trying to get a picture of a bunting each time we visit the Kokosing Gap Trail a.k.a. the bike path. We frequently see them on the trail which is only a 1/2 mile from our home but never at our feeders or nearby trees.Thanks for the pictures. They are great!
I did a little research and found the following interesting facts about Indigo Buntings at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Cool Facts
- The Indigo Bunting migrates at night, using the stars for guidance. It learns its orientation to the night sky from its experience as a young bird observing the stars.
- Experienced adult Indigo Buntings can return to their previous breeding sites when held captive during the winter and released far from their normal wintering area.
- The sequences of notes in Indigo Bunting songs are unique to local neighborhoods. Males a few hundred meters apart generally have different songs. Males on neighboring territories often have the same or nearly identical songs.
- Indigo and Lazuli buntings defend territories against each other in the western Great Plains where they occur together, share songs, and sometimes interbreed.
Beautiful! The only place I have ever seen Indigo Buntings is on the Kokosing Gap Trail, and unfortunately I've never had a camera with me at the right time. I think the bright beautiful colors are one of the main reasons why I love to watch birds. The facts you posted about these wonderful birds are fascinating. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGlad you could use the pictures, the post looks great, lots of valuable info. I have always loved Indigo Buntings, they are such lovely little birds, with a pretty song.
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