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I use to see several beautiful blue indigo buntings around BayPoint in PCB

Walton Outdoors

Beautiful!
How cool is that! I think it's his girlfriend with him! The females are not as pretty.
Check out this link:
[URL="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Indigo_Bunting.html"]All About Birds: Indigo Bunting[/URL]

Cool fact from Cornell:

[LIST]
[*]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.
[/LIST]

Beautiful! 
How cool is that! I think it&#039;s his girlfriend with him! The females are not as pretty. 
Check out this link: 
<a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Indigo_Bunting.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">All About Birds: Indigo Bunting</a> 
 
Cool fact from Cornell: 
 
<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">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.</li>
</ul>

jensieblue

How wonderful...beautiful, beautiful bird

Beachbummette

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Beautiful!  Thanks Ash!  

Walton Outdoors, I had did not know they migrate at night, fascinating!  I wonder if light pollution messes up their navigation?

Beautiful! Thanks Ash! 
 
Walton Outdoors, I had did not know they migrate at night, fascinating! I wonder if light pollution messes up their navigation?

Yes, now that I know what the female looks like, I have them. I went back to the window and now I have two pair of buntings out there. Females are the same size, but the two males are quite different in size. I am going to try to get a shot of both males at the feeder. Quite skittish.

And now a bunch of Cedar Waxwings have suddenly showed up. About 20 of them. I am attaching a picture I took in February of 2007 in Ft Walton Beach of several hundred of these in a single tree. I had printed out the page and carefully put a line on each bird I could seperately count and I came up with something like 432 birds. If each bird only weighed 4 ounces, that tree had nearly 100 pounds of birds in at at one time.

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Thanks, Ash. Birds are wonderful. I would love to see an Indigo Bunting up close and personal.

cherijean

[quote="ASH, post: 549027"]I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL.
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal![/quote]

we've had an indigo bunting in our feeder as well this year...  1st time ever!

we love our birds ... they are so beautiful :wub:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ASH">I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL. 
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal!</blockquote> 
we&#039;ve had an indigo bunting in our feeder as well this year... 1st time ever! 
 
we love our birds ... they are so beautiful :wub:

[quote="ASH, post: 549060"]And now a bunch of Cedar Waxwings have suddenly showed up. About 20 of them. I am attaching a picture I took in February of 2007 in Ft Walton Beach of several hundred of these in a single tree. I had printed out the page and carefully put a line on each bird I could seperately count and I came up with something like 432 birds. If each bird only weighed 4 ounces, that tree had nearly 100 pounds of birds in at at one time.[/quote]
 
Now, that is an amazing sight!  Looking at the thumbnail, I thought the birds were leaves!!!!!!!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ASH">And now a bunch of Cedar Waxwings have suddenly showed up. About 20 of them. I am attaching a picture I took in February of 2007 in Ft Walton Beach of several hundred of these in a single tree. I had printed out the page and carefully put a line on each bird I could seperately count and I came up with something like 432 birds. If each bird only weighed 4 ounces, that tree had nearly 100 pounds of birds in at at one time.</blockquote> 
Now, that is an amazing sight! Looking at the thumbnail, I thought the birds were leaves!!!!!!!

sunspotbaby

I saw the waxwings yesterday in my trees! 

Oh, how my sweet Mother doth covet the indigo bunting at her feeders! thanks for sharing Ash and thanks Lori for the intriguing facts on their migration. I may have to start birdwatching at night.:cool:

I saw the waxwings yesterday in my trees! 
 
Oh, how my sweet Mother doth covet the indigo bunting at her feeders! thanks for sharing Ash and thanks Lori for the intriguing facts on their migration. I may have to start birdwatching at night.:cool:

Teresa

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[quote="ASH, post: 549060"]And now a bunch of Cedar Waxwings have suddenly showed up. About 20 of them. I am attaching a picture I took in February of 2007 in Ft Walton Beach of several hundred of these in a single tree. I had printed out the page and carefully put a line on each bird I could seperately count and I came up with something like 432 birds. If each bird only weighed 4 ounces, that tree had nearly 100 pounds of birds in at at one time.[/quote]
 
wow!  what a great shot!
 
thanks for the birdy pix ash!  very cool.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ASH">And now a bunch of Cedar Waxwings have suddenly showed up. About 20 of them. I am attaching a picture I took in February of 2007 in Ft Walton Beach of several hundred of these in a single tree. I had printed out the page and carefully put a line on each bird I could seperately count and I came up with something like 432 birds. If each bird only weighed 4 ounces, that tree had nearly 100 pounds of birds in at at one time.</blockquote> 
wow! what a great shot! 
 
thanks for the birdy pix ash! very cool.

mikecat adjuster

There were a couple of those that came to my back sunroom window the other day and fluttered there kinda against the window.  It wasn't like a parakeet flying into a mirror but it reminded of such.  I went out back and wanted to snap some photos but my camera is only 3x zoom and they skirted off to the bushes and would have only been a spec in the photo.
 
I adored the color.  Beautiful bird.

There were a couple of those that came to my back sunroom window the other day and fluttered there kinda against the window. It wasn&#039;t like a parakeet flying into a mirror but it reminded of such. I went out back and wanted to snap some photos but my camera is only 3x zoom and they skirted off to the bushes and would have only been a spec in the photo. 
 
I adored the color. Beautiful bird.

Winnie

[quote="ASH, post: 549027"]I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL.
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal![/quote]
 
If there are more beautiful birds, I have never seen them.  That color is so unreal!  Lucky you!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ASH">I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL. 
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal!</blockquote> 
If there are more beautiful birds, I have never seen them. That color is so unreal! Lucky you!

Jdarg

We have 3 bunting "couples" that have been hanging out at our feeder all week!  They seem to get along with the cardinals- together they are VERY colorful!

We have 3 bunting &quot;couples&quot; that have been hanging out at our feeder all week!  They seem to get along with the cardinals- together they are VERY colorful!

Lady D

[quote="ASH, post: 549027"]I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL.
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal![/quote]

Hey Ash, we had a few indigo buntings this past year all the way up here. And the year before we had around 25 out around our feeders. And they were males. Very pretty. I couldn't believe how many we had. They stayed around maybe a week and then moved on. Hope to see a few this year.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ASH">I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL. 
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal!</blockquote> 
Hey Ash, we had a few indigo buntings this past year all the way up here. And the year before we had around 25 out around our feeders. And they were males. Very pretty. I couldn&#039;t believe how many we had. They stayed around maybe a week and then moved on. Hope to see a few this year.

Goddessgal

Very neat! I have yet to see one here south of Houston. We do have Yellow-crested Night Herons nesting in the trees in our neighborhood. A few months ago we also had some Great Horned Owls who nested in a tree in our yard - my favorite!

Now that I think back on it, there were some female indigo buntings around also when we had all the males around, but not near as many as the males.

I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL.
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal!

I have a book on birds and it says they are in Southern FL during winter. It then says they can be found along the Atlantic coast and that they summer only in the Northeast part of FL. 
 
This little guy must be lost, because I caught him in Sowal!

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