indigo bunting

How about another look at the beauty I got from the Lord for Easter, the Indigo Bunting. Unbelievable beauty in my eyes anyway, however, like KC has said I like all birds.

Here's another in a cute pose. Guys I just pour a cup of coffee on the computer keyboard trying to keep my page open in my bird guidebook. Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.

Yesterday I got a lifer and one heck of a shock. Just about all day I sat on my back porch and was in awe of how beautiful he was. I like to think it was a gift from God. I have always wanted the Eastern Blue Bird in my yard but rarely ever see them but this was even a bigger surprise. Just...

Indigo bunting high in the trees

Singing away. :) So glad we got to see him. Was getting worried we were gonna miss him this year.

Sorry if I miss anyones pics...We're on our boat on the Norfolk Broads, and the wifi is really hit n' miss.

The immature is still hanging around as well

This was a species I was very much hoping to see ... and did. Mostly they were flying high overhead, but I did also see a small flock closer up and got this one close-up half-hidden by tall grass. None of them in their spectacularly blue breeding plumage, of course. That was a disappointment...

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Female (breeding plumage). South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, small coastal woodland adjacent to Laguna Madre at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Male perched in a Black Willow. Joan & Scott Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas, Aransas County, Texas, USA. Gulf Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Zone. Barrier Island, freshwater pond and marsh surrounded by black willow and buttonbush. The surrounding area...