David is a retired Environmental Scientist with a passion for wildlife photography and travel. He has lived in Shasta County ...

With the Fourth-of-July coming up, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourage people to look for red, white, and ...

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

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 bird’s song is quite melodic, with short phrases and notes that go up and down. It’s similar to the indigo bunting’s and blue grosbeak’s song, Lydeard said.

Showcases various birds found in the countryside, highlighting their behaviors, nesting habits, and ecological roles. It features the Indigo Bunting, Eastern Kingbird, Marsh Hawk, Sparrow Hawk ...

Among the travelers will be Baltimore Orioles, Indigo Buntings, Chestnut-sided Warblers, and American Redstarts, according to Birdcast. Typically bird migrations peak in mid-to-late May over Illinois.

The indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) migrates at night using the stars to navigate. These brilliantly-colored birds are range throughout North America, from Southern Canada to Coastal Mexico.

Studies at the University of Michigan confirmed birds’ use of stars by experimenting with indigo buntings in a planetarium.

The Troyer bird is a first-year male, and, for whatever reason, took a wrong turn. Midwestern U.S. records are very few, and lazuli bunting wasn’t high on the list of next species to appear in Ohio.

Lazuli buntings are common breeders from the Dakotas and Nebraska westward to the Pacific states. It is a close relative of its eastern counterpart, the indigo bunting, which is a common breeder ...