The aqua-blue birds, as Head so astutely described them, have been showing up all over southeast Texas and even the Hill Country. The birds are indigo buntings ... a tinge of black on the face ...

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Both indigo buntings and blue jays are blue birds with black markings. However, that is where the similarities end. Buntings ...

black head and black and white body. Again the female is striped brown. These beauties are apt to go on farther north to nest, but some blue grosbeaks and indigo buntings may stick around here to ...

Of several bunting species in the United States, only the indigo regularly visits our area. The male in breeding plumage is entirely deep blue, although the wings may appear almost black.

It drives thousands of birds living in the Southern Hemisphere to layer on the fat and head north to breeding ... The male blue grosbeak and the male indigo bunting can be tricky to tell apart.

Fly by night: Indigo buntings know something about that phrase. These 5-inch, sparrow-sized birds migrate during the night using star patterns for navigation. They have internal clocks that enable ...

Orioles, indigo buntings, ruby-throated hummingbirds, rose-breasted grossbeak and red-headed woodpeckers to name ... and blue birds enjoy mealworms. Black oil sunflower seeds will attract a ...