indigo bunting
noun
: a small finch (Passerina cyanea of the family Cardinalidae) chiefly of eastern North America of which the male is largely deep blue in spring and summer
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Indigo Buntings Use the Night Sky Like a Compass
Bright blue indigo buntings use the stars to navigate at night.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
All indigo buntings eventually molt into brown plumage in the fall.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The Bird House at the National Zoo is home to scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings and American yellow warblers.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
The bright orange belly of a Baltimore oriole, the gleaming crimson feathers of a summer tanager and the royal blue plumage of an indigo bunting are naturally eye-catching.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
Some earlier-than-expected arrivals included a green heron in Wellfleet, a scarlet tanager in Eastham, a black-and-white warbler in Sandwich, and indigo buntings in Yarmouth and Orleans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
Notable early migrants last week were a pectoral sandpiper in Ipswich and an indigo bunting at a feeder in Nantucket.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
The scientists assessed a number of papers stretching back as far as 2004 to draw their conclusion, researching the behavior of species including the Acadian flycatcher, brown-headed cowbird, indigo bunting and worm-eating warbler.
—Sara Spary, CNN, 16 Nov. 2020
At Horn Pond, an indigo bunting and a Cape May warbler.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
All indigo buntings eventually molt into brown plumage in the fall.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The Bird House at the National Zoo is home to scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings and American yellow warblers.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
The bright orange belly of a Baltimore oriole, the gleaming crimson feathers of a summer tanager and the royal blue plumage of an indigo bunting are naturally eye-catching.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
Some earlier-than-expected arrivals included a green heron in Wellfleet, a scarlet tanager in Eastham, a black-and-white warbler in Sandwich, and indigo buntings in Yarmouth and Orleans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
Notable early migrants last week were a pectoral sandpiper in Ipswich and an indigo bunting at a feeder in Nantucket.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
The scientists assessed a number of papers stretching back as far as 2004 to draw their conclusion, researching the behavior of species including the Acadian flycatcher, brown-headed cowbird, indigo bunting and worm-eating warbler.
—Sara Spary, CNN, 16 Nov. 2020
At Horn Pond, an indigo bunting and a Cape May warbler.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
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