Indigo Bunting: Electric blue excitment in Durham. The news broke on Saturday afternoon but having family commitments I was resigned to feeling gripped off!Luckily the bird reappeared own Sunday afternoon giving me a change to grip back.
Indigo buntings are migratory ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America to overwinter.
During breeding season the male is a bright azure blue with an indigo head, and black wings and tail with blue edges. In winter the male has brown edges to its feathers which overlap so it appears mostly brown. The bird was pretty elusive and gave most folk the runaround but it eventually showed well before going to ground again.
