In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon teaches us about a piece of eye candy known as the ...

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 ...

Mark introduces us to Robin, Indigo Bunting and Moose. Robin and Indigo Bunting are litter mates. They are two-month-old, domestic shorthair kittens. Moose is a very curly Labrador-Poodle mix ...

MANTEO, N.C. (WNCT) — An Indigo Bunting bird was spotted at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, potentially traveling over 1,200 miles. According to a press release, “this male ...

The indigo bunting population has declined in the last 40 years, but are still fairly abundant in their range. Expanded agricultural practices and reforestation can negatively affect the population.

The indigo bunting perching in sunlight is like a sapphire with wings. Glistening intensely blue, it is a gem of a bird.

It was a first-spring male and hadn’t yet achieved full indigo bunting brilliance. Instead of an electric, shiny blue and black coat, he was a bit muted and mottled. Still spectacular, nonetheless.

When a lazuli bunting was found in Ohio, the news grew so fast to see the small-statured flyer.

While at the sink pouring water for my coffee each morning this week, I have had the absolute joy of looking out the window to see an indigo bunting.

Sometimes lazuli and indigo buntings hybridize on the Great Plains, producing intermediates, the Audubon Society says. Usually, lazuli buntings live in open brush and streamside shrubs.

Both male and brownish-colored female indigo buntings may show up at feeders offering hulled sunflower seeds and small seeds.