LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- This week's bird will be the Indigo Bunting. This is a very popular and charismatic bird, and this is a great time of year to see them anywhere in the state. The Indigo ...

The indigo bunting is the only solid blue bird in the eastern United States, but it’s all an illusion — literally a trick of the light. The indigo bunting’s feathers are not really blue; the male’s ...

The indigo bunting is a sparrow-sized bird at 5.5 inches in length. It is stocky with a short tail and conical bill. The male indigo bunting lives up to its name. During the summer breeding season it ...

A regular happening with songbirds in spring is that they will live up to their names and sing when arriving back from migration. Most of these migrants that nest in the Northland come back from ...

The indigo bunting perching in sunlight is like a sapphire with wings. Glistening intensely blue, it is a gem of a bird. A bird watcher’s attention is first drawn to the bird by its distinctive song, ...

No matter how long you’ve been at it, birdwatching always presents new firsts. Wait, I used that sentence to start my column last month. Oh well, another birding first happened recently so I’m going ...

A few other summer songbirds also helped swell the ranks of some of the seasonally common birds. For instance, the Unicoi County Summer Bird Count found a total of 141 indigo buntings while 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 Indigo ...

Stephen Head, president of Lone Star College-North Harris, asked me not long ago what the sparrow-size, aqua-blue birds were that had shown up in his yard. He wasn't the only one who wanted to know.