The indigo bunting perching in sunlight is like a sapphire with wings. Glistening intensely blue, it is a gem of a bird. A bird watcher’s attention is first drawn to the bird by its distinctive song, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

No time for blue Mondays in spring time around here. Just look at Peggy Bryan’s photo of indigo buntings at her feeder in Munden Point. Their beautiful blue color is anything but sad. Like Pam Monahan ...

A flock of sparrow-size birds in stunningly violet-blue plumage could soon be blanketing your yard or maybe already have. The handsome birds are indigo buntings arriving from winter homes in South ...

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 from ...

Fly by night: Indigo buntings know something about that phrase. These 5-inch, sparrow-sized birds migrate during the night using star patterns for navigation. They have internal clocks that enable ...

Almost all nature lovers would love to emulate Thoreau and retreat to a small, rustic cabin on some remote Walden Pond. In such a peaceful setting and like this noted naturalist, one could, no doubt, ...

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 ...

Joellyn Cohen sent a photo of an indigo bunting male, taken by her husband Bob Seemueller, at their feeder in Hunt Club Forest. Female indigos are streaky brown and look a little like a smaller female ...