Meet the Indigo Bunting Male Indigo Bunting This spectacular all-blue bird could easily be mistaken for a canary dipped in blue paint. It’s not a canary, but a male Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. The male is easy to spot sitting on a perch atop the tallest shrub around… Male Indigo Bunting He’s often singing for all to hear… Singing Indigo Buntings A regular summer resident in coastal North Carolina, this small bird first appears in spring and remains through the end of summer. You’re not likely to see it in town, as it seems to avoid urban areas. But you’re likely to find it in the shrubs and brush at the edge of woodlands. Here’s a female bunting. She’s much less conspicuous, mostly brown… Female Indigo Bunting It’s not hard to distinguish the Indigo Bunting from the two similar species of blue-colored birds found in this area. The bunting is the only one that is all blue. The Blue Grosbeak (below) is a close relative with brown wing streaks and a bulkier beak… Blue Grosbeak Here’s the Eastern Bluebird, an unrelated bird that’s not entirely blue… Eastern Bluebird To see photo-blogs of other blue-colored birds… Happy Little Bluebirds >> Meet the Blue Grosbeak >> Painted Bunting >> Belted Kingfisher >> One-Legged Jay >> Please follow and like: Share this:FacebookXLike this:Like Loading... Post navigation Two Owl Fledglings (2022)Well-Hidden Night-Heron